From ace NBC reporter Jonathan Dienst tonight: “After NBC New York’s I-Team reported on questions of voter fraud in North Bergen, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito declined to say if his office is investigating the allegation — as well as previous questions of corruption at North Bergen’s Town Hall, Housing Authority and Board of Education.

“We are not here to talk about the North Bergen matters,” Carpenito said late last week at an unrelated news conference. “We’re obviously are aware of the news articles that have been written but we don’t comment on whether or not we have any open investigations or what the progress of those investigations are.”

However, according to Dienst’s reportingg, the former head of the New Jersey FBI office says the voter fraud allegations are serious.

“The problem here is that these individuals are public servants,” Tim Gallagher told NBC. “Their job is to educate our students and protect our streets. And they are being used to wield power and sway elections and that is just wrong.”