Posted on 01/26/2013 8:59:06 AM PST by JohnPDuncan
The media are not covering this story despite the FBI agent in the emails saying that most of the information has been confirmed. If the allegations are true Menendez could be prosecuted under the 2003 PROTECT ACT making travel and having sex with minors knowingly or not a federal offense with up to 30 years in prison.
DOCUMENTS published online for the first time Thursday indicate that the FBI opened an inquiry into New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on August 1, 2012, focusing on repeated trips he took to the Dominican Republic with longtime campaign contributor and Miami eye doctor Salomon Melgen. TheDC reported in November that Menendez purchased the service of prostitutes in that Caribbean nation at a series of alcohol-fueled sex parties.
The documents, which The Daily Caller had obtained hours earlier from an anonymous source, also indicate that Carrie Levine, research director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), was alerted on April 9, 2012 to Menendezs habit of paying for sex while outside the United States.
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Menendez is obviously trying to improve his reputation with Democrat voters.
Running for president?
Straw arguement.
Not only was sex with underage girls ( prostitute or not, slave to a pimp or free lancing) illegal both in the Dominican Republic and here - we have a treaty to apprehend this guy if there is evidence, and likely to send him back for trial.
None of this Roman Polanski bs.
The relevant law has been posted.
It isn’t that new.
Gary Glitter made a big splash when he fell afoul of this in Britain.
Folks have to be pretty damned far in denial if they pretend they are above the law on this.
There are more parents than there are perverts.
Come to think of it, there are more victims too.
Someone wants to go someplace outside the jurisdiction of this?
Maybe they should find a country that refused to sign the various sex trafficking treaties. Likely they are all Muslim hell holes.
The late Michael Jackson fled to one well known for boy brothels after his trial.
Senator Dimwitocrat didn’t bother, and likely expected never to be found out.
That would be my guess.
Mental deflection to avoid an unpleasant reality.
Fine, then send him back for trial but, he didn’t commit the crime here.
I’m wondering if the whole thing wasn’t a big misunderstanding:
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