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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She was also charged with conspiracy, fraud, and making false statements on government documents, the Justice Department said.
Maybe they got him confused with Lois Lerner?
Odd how there are no charges in her case...
Bret said that Menendez will be stepping down from his seat as Minority leader of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Thanks for the correction...
If Menendez was a Republican, the very first line of the article would read “Republican Senator Robert Menendez indicted on corruption charges.”
Of course the NY Slimes waits a few lines to throw in Democrat.
How so? Obama would like nothing better than to see the Senator blow the whistle on Bill/Hill, and see all three of them fed to the sharks, thrown in the clink, ridden out of DC on a rail.....and politically out of his hair forever.
Obamugabe is slavering for an easy revenge "threefer-in-one here"....and he's going to get his way, you can make book on that.
The Senator's only hope of staying out of Club Fed is if he has something on OBAMA that his attorney can take to the bargaining table.
Leni
Because he challenged Hussein on Cuba.
bank on it.
Thanks for the correction...
In other words, Obama had to destroy a perfectly good Democratic Senator, Bob Menendez from a major state, in order to put fear into the hearts of other Democrats who also might be considering defying the president by not ratifying the new April Fools treaty with Iran.
The treaty must be such an outrageous abomination that it can’t be justified from any reasonable standpoint and therefore must be forced Chicago-style on the Senate Democrats or it will lose.
LMAO
Obama will pardon him. No worries.
Its not over for Lois. The DOJ just determined that she didn't waive her fifth amendment privileges. Remember, the puppies just got her emails. When they are digested, I expect their to be more hearings - maybe even immunity to force her to roll on the hire ups that gave the orders to target the Tea Party 501(c)'s.
Menendez probably broke the law. But many do.
I tend to think Sharpton or another AA from the Jersey area put a target on him. Maybe a Muslim from Jersey. Maybe 10 years ago. Maybe he insulted an AA kid?
All politics is local. Tribal too.
So now the impression is that Menendez is being targeted by Obama and his DOJ because he is opposing the President. Reps are now taking up this narrative on behalf of a corrupt Dem politician who is cunning enough to create the perception that he is a victim.
Menendez should be proscuted and jailed for his corruption. Simple as that.
Typical modern journalism.
/johnny
The Obama crowd have been after Menendez ever since 2008 , when he refused to knuckle under and swear fealty to Obama.
They previously tried to get him on sexual harassment, and statutory rape, and now this?
Holder’s DOJ has turned into a Democrap Star Chamber.
Obama is a fascist , and if he could, I am sure he would disappear Menendez, just like he did with Gadaffi and other of his political enemies.
Good Read:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
auto-correct does funny things
Or Bill Cosby who was shielded for decades from his sleep raping because of his skin color and democrat backing but crossed a line when he suggested black men had to take responsibility for their actions.
The Chicago Way is still in power...
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