Convicted on charges of failing to remit payroll tax and making false statements on a loan application, Ocean County lawyer and power broker George Gilmore has asked a federal judge in New Jersey to throw out the convictions or grant him a new trial.

The former Ocean County Republican Organization chairman argued in court papers Monday that no rational jury could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt on the charges that he failed to pay payroll taxes withheld from his law firm’s employees or failed to disclose certain debts on an application for a $1.5 million residential mortgage with a $572,000 cash-out portion.