Jason Hedberg, the husband of U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), has now also been implicated in the cheating scandal that allegedly took place at the Naval Academy back in the 1990s. 

This is the same scandal, according to the New York Post, that is threatening to upend Sherrill's quest to become the next governor of New Jersey.

Sherrill, as we will see, is fighting back against the allegations by claiming that the information about the scandal was "illegally" leaked by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration's illegal leak of my records — including my Social Security Number — to @Jack4NJ's campaign isn't just about me.

It's about any veteran who's considering standing up, and the chilling effect this will have. pic.twitter.com/1FvjbCWZCK

— Mikie Sherrill (@MikieSherrill) September 27, 2025

The latest

Hedberg's alleged involvement in the scandal is the latest twist in this story.

The Post reports:

Democratic New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill’s husband was also caught up in the Naval Academy cheating scandal that has rocked her campaign, court documents exclusively obtained by The Post show. Jason Hedberg was one of about four dozen midshipmen who sued top officials at the Naval Academy, Navy, and Pentagon in 1994 in a desperate bid to block an Honor Board at Annapolis from deciding whether they should be dismissed from the school.

The outlet goes on to note that Hedberg, unlike Sherrill, was actually allowed to participate in exercises.

Per the outlet:

“In compliance with the orders of their superior military officers, each named plaintiff was compelled to make inculpatory statements to Navy Inspector General investigators,” read the complaint, which charged that the students were denied due process. The details of any “inculpatory statements” by Hedberg are unclear. However, his name is included in the 1994 commencement program, suggesting that he — unlike Sherrill — was cleared to take part in exercises some three months after the suit was filed.

No statement, at the time of this writing, has been released by Hedberg.

Background

This past week, the story broke of Sherrill's alleged involvement in a cheating scandal.

Breitbart News reported:

Sherrill’s name was absent from “a copy” of the U.S. Naval Academy’s commencement program from May 1994, which the New Jersey Globe obtained. The congresswoman explained that while she was not allowed to “walk” with her graduating class for having failed to “turn in some of” her classmates over a cheating scandal in which students “obtained and shared” exam answers in December 1992, she still graduated.

Sherrill continues to try to push back on the allegation by claiming that this information was "illegally leaked."

In one of her latest messages, she said:

The Trump administration's illegal leak of my records — including my Social Security Number — to  @Jack4NJ's campaign isn't just about me. It's about any veteran who's considering standing up, and the chilling effect this will have.

It remains to be seen whether or not Sherrill's gubernatorial campaign will be able to survive this scandal.