Posted on 04/01/2015 2:42:39 PM PDT by digger48
WASHINGTON — Senator Robert Menendez was indicted on federal corruption charges on Wednesday, setting the stage for a bitter court fight and putting his political future in doubt.
Mr. Menendez was charged with eight counts of bribery, which carry up to 15 years in prison on each charge. He was also charged with conspiracy, fraud, and making false statements on government documents, the Justice Department said.
Mr. Menendez is the first senator to face federal bribery charges since another New Jersey Democrat, Harrison A. Williams Jr., was indicted in 1980 in the Abscam scandal.
The charges had long been expected and Mr. Menendez, a 61-year-old Democrat of New Jersey, has promised to fight them. He has offered no indication that he plans to step down or relinquish any power while he goes through that process.
The case involves Mr. Menendez’s longtime friendship with Dr. Salomon Melgen, a wealthy Florida eye surgeon and political benefactor. The two men became friends in the 1990s and have spent holidays together in the Dominican Republic, where Dr. Melgen, 60, has a home in the gated oceanfront resort of Casa de Campo.
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Yet nothing on Hillary.
Amazing.
Anyone else want to try criticizing Obama’s weakness and capitulation on Iran?
Or Lois Lerner. Just sickening!
Crossed Obama!
Let that be a lesson to any other Democrats who think of criticizing Our Dear and Glorious Leader.
Menedez is an amateur when compared to hussein and Hillary..
Not that I like Menendez, but something is really fishy here. He was about the only Dem that spoke out against the Cuba BS and now he’s being railroaded!
Could be his out of jail ticket.
Menendez becoming a conservative in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
Menendez is stepping down as minority leader of foreign affairs committee.
Watch Bobby Bacala fill the seat with a Democrat instead of Steve Forbes who if my memory is correct, resides in NJ.
Beam me up Scotty, no life with any Spinal Fortitude with the GOP leadership...
Unless I heard him wrong, Mark Levin says Menendez is resigning soon like at the top of the hr., aka 7:00pm EST....
Why should he? Everyone knows that Democrats are crooks.
It's not like the lame duck ethics complaint by Chris Bell (D-Texas) that was used to take out Tom DeLay.
He’ll still get elected. Ethics means nothing to Demonic-rats.
Ham sandwich.
And DOJ announced they will not be prosecuting Lois Lerner today. Another fine American day under the Ostinko administration.
With ANY other democrap elected official, these things would never even be looked at askance. Welcome to the teeth of your Party of Corruption, Senator Menendez. You might want to check your neck for bite marks.
The one critic of Obama’s policies on Iran gets indicted while Shrillary does not.
I am sure it is just coincidence/s
He’s stepping down from senior member of the Foreign Relations committee.
Lois Lerner skates, too. Bob is getting hit with Obama’s revenge.
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