A deputy attorney general for the state of New Jersey — one of the state’s own top lawyers — is now the one facing criminal charges, accused of creating and sharing AI-generated material depicting the abuse of children. His name is Brian Fitzgerald. He is 51 years old.
Charges were announced Thursday evening by prosecutors in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where Fitzgerald lives in Lower Makefield Township. A judge set bail at $2 million, and he has been held in custody since his arrest.
A Discord Tip Started The Case
According to officials, the break came from Discord itself: a report about an account allegedly tied to Fitzgerald on the chat platform. Investigators took it from there, and the case ended his career at the New Jersey Attorney General’s division.
The charges accuse Fitzgerald of creating and sharing AI-generated material depicting the abuse of children. That is the full charge language officials have released — no further detail has been made public.
The Other Side Of The Line
The case is being prosecuted by the Bucks County District Attorney’s office in Pennsylvania. The office Fitzgerald worked for — the New Jersey Attorney General’s division — now watches one of its own stand as a criminal defendant.
Think about that arc: years as a state prosecutor, putting people away under the law he swore to uphold. Now he’s the one in a cell, facing the kind of allegation prosecutors pursue hardest.
An arraignment is expected next. If a jury eventually agrees with prosecutors, the man who enforced the law allegedly broke the worst of it. This page will be updated as the case moves.
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