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Gold bars, basement carpeting and more. Here’s what prosecutors say bought off a US senator
CNN ^

Posted on 05/12/2024 9:36:17 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces his second, distinct bribery and corruption trial in seven years starting Monday. This new case is a complicated affair involving multiple gold bars, envelopes of cash, a Mercedes and a lot more that, prosecutors say, the powerful former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his new wife (they got married during the alleged bribery scheme) obtained in exchange for helping a halal meat monopoly, granting favors for people from Egypt and Qatar and trying to influence a New Jersey prosecution.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: bobmenendez; dontcrossbiden; egypt; gold; newjersey; qatar
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To: USA-FRANCE

Menendez stupidly violated Federal guidelines for approved corruption.
1. Do not make your grift so blatant that even the MSM cannot deny it
2. Do not piss off/embarrass Party leaders


21 posted on 05/12/2024 12:28:11 PM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: USA-FRANCE

he didn’t understand ...”10&% for The Big Guy”...


22 posted on 05/12/2024 1:12:49 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: USA-FRANCE
A recruiter for BlackRock said that the asset management firm is able to "buy a senator" for $10,000.

Cheap.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/finance/blackrock-recruiter-says-10k-can-buy-senator-calls-ukraine-war-good

23 posted on 05/12/2024 2:05:08 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: devere

Or to prove you cannot successfully prosecute a Democrat


24 posted on 05/12/2024 2:07:26 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: NWFree
I wonder how many have been purchased the same way

Say, have you noticed that faggot Mike Johnson has suddenly done a 180 on everything he said he once stood for?

25 posted on 05/12/2024 2:12:48 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to kill us. Plan to avoid this.)
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To: AppyPappy

Indeed Biden is an icon of the democrat party.


26 posted on 05/12/2024 2:38:22 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: delta7
Everyone laughs at the “ Gold bars”, he obviously knows something-

So, you buy gold, and it goes to $3,000 an ounce. You need a half gallon of milk and a loaf of bread, which due to inflation has gone to twelve bucks. Who will and how will they make change for your one-ounce gold bar? Do they just whack a fragment off of the corner as payment?

27 posted on 05/13/2024 8:29:04 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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To: JimRed

No, you take a fractional 1/10th Eagle or better yet trade a US 1964 silver dime or quarter…your scenario of “ shaving off pieces” is being done in Venezuela, many videos available.

That pre- 65 silver Dime is today worth $2.10….it has long been noticed that two silver dimes buys a gal of gas….


28 posted on 05/13/2024 10:08:41 AM PDT by delta7
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