Posted on 09/25/2023 12:50:07 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Menendez: "A cornerstone of the foundation of American democracy and our justice system is the principle that all people are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The court of public opinion is no substitute for our revered justice system. We cannot set aside the resumption of innocence for political expediency when the harm is irrevocable... Instead of waiting for all the facts to be presented, others have rushed to judgment because they see a political opportunity for themselves or those around them."
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This:
“Screw Bob Memendez’ presumption that stacks of cash and gold bars hidden his closet have an simple and innocent explanation and he’s deserving of the benefit of the doubt.”
He is a Bolshekrat, he is guilty.
“Revered justice system” That’s a real howler right there.
Funny you say that, I actually chuckled when I read it.
Ya right - like those hundreds of people in solitary confinement prison for what the FBI was involved with on Jan 6?????
Just like Hunter he’ll get a strongly worded letter of apology.
Innocent until proven guilty is a legal concept, not a social one.
We are entitled to presume anything we like if we are not the judge or jury.
As others have pointed out, if the legal concept doesn’t apply to all, it applies to none.
PS: If memory serves, he had over $400K in cash in his house. If you or I were to have $10K in cash in our home, the IRS (if it knew) would raid our home and confiscate the cash on the premise that we had committed crimes to acquire said cash. Has happened numerous times.
If the sleazeball was not a Democrat, all the news stories would be pointing out 24/7 how he must be dirty hiding that much cash. But for him??
Just in case you doubted there are two separate justice systems.
Beat me to it!
“”Senate has rules.””
To heck with the Senate - SOCIETY has rules..and we’re expected to follow them.
I can’t wait to hear his explanation of how that much cash got in his closets....
Wonder what Menendez said or did the get Biden to sick the feds on him?.
They're all guilty.
If you're a dim sinator, you're in about the most protected group you'll ever be in.
With the D behind your name, you get innocents even if proven guilty or better yet, innocent and no need for an investigation.
Menendez is guilty until proven guilty.
“I can’t wait to hear his explanation of how that much cash got in his closets....”
He already publicly gave that explanation.
Life is hard as a US Senator—so you need to have a lot of cash around. He didn’t trust banks so he kept all the legally earned cash at home.
You asked for his explanation....
;-)
He is not wrong but im willing to bet he doesnt have very good excuses for 500k in cash and gold bars hidden in his home. Lets see.
But feds are very attentive to large cash stashes. So he will still need some sort of backup which im sure he cant produce.
He’s toast — eventually.
For now, the Rats will keep him around for 2 reasons:
1. So they can “virtue signal” about how honest and ethical the rest of them are. Once this cockroach bites the dust, they can’t bleat about their own virtue so much.
2. To be used, when necessary, as a distraction from the Biden Family crimes, Democrat vote fraud, and other more important issues.
He opposed the Iran deal.
But this may be more because nobody indicted Trump for anything this month and Biden needs a distraction from his Hunter problem and impeachment.
The timing's not that great. If it were later, it would push Biden's bad news out of the headlines, but Menendez's case will drag on and give the press something to focus on other than Biden's problems.
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