NJGOP Chairman Calls For Scope Of Murphy Investigation

To Include Goldman Tenure and Sky Blue Ownership

In a letter from eight, female legislators that called for Murphy to answer questions and the legislature to convene hearings, a stark analogy was drawn between “the practices of the Murphy Administration” and the “Governor’s days at Goldman Sachs, which is reportedly the subject of a federal class action lawsuit by female employees who claim a culture of sexism and misogyny at the company.”

The lawsuit in question, which began with a late 1990’s allegation of sexual assault on a female associate and details the systemic and sordid retaliation and discrimination to which she and countless other female employees were subjected, was granted class action status earlier this year, paving the way for the four, female plaintiffs to represent more than 2,300 other potential plaintiffs.

Phil Murphy’s career at Goldman spanned 23 years, from 1983 to 2006. He joined the firm’s management committee in 1999 and told the Wall Street Journal, in 1998, that “We [at Goldman Sachs] are elite in the sense the Marine Corps is elite”.

NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt said, “The scope of the investigation into Murphy’s hiring practices and the working conditions he’s allowed to exist should be expanded to include his tenure at Goldman Sachs and his ownership at Sky Blue FC.”