Posted on 01/30/2025 6:59:25 AM PST by RandFan
Robert Menendez, a former United States senator representing New Jersey, has been handed an 11-year prison sentence for bribery schemes that included receiving gold bars in exchange for favours on behalf of Egypt.
In a tearful address to the court before being sentenced, Menendez said he was "chastened" by the verdict, and asked that his decades as a federal and local elected official weigh in favor of leniency.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Note he was once chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee therefore he was a high level agent of a foreign power brazenly acting against the United States!
11 years ? They would execute him in days gone by
They called him Gold Bar Bob
I wonder how many other elected officials are thinking “uh oh”?
The idea would be that all of them are taking note and either changing behaviors or securing more powerful allies to protect them from Bib’s fate here.
He will likely get a commutation after serving some portion of his sentence. I read that his wife is terminal with cancer; do they let incarcerated spouse out for the funerals? Prayers for all involved in this tragedy that was preventable.
I'll stand corrected, but I thought he didn't go to jail until June.
The NSA, other intelligence agencies, lobbyists and foreign governments probably have files on most of the Congress-critters that would boggle the mind—evidence of every crime in the statute books.
https://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Under-Blackmail-Intelligence/dp/1634243021
Menendez didnt get along with Obama and they had public spats when ... Surprise! Menendez gets investigated. Sure he’s corrupt, many many of them are. So why him? Come on, he crossed Obama, just like Rod Blagojevich crossed Obama and was surprisingly investigated and sent to jail.
Criminal acts are not a tragedy.
Earthquakes are a tragedy.
Criminal acts are evil.
There have been multiple articles about Gold Bar Bob’s sentencing since yesterday.
What is curious is NONE of them mention his political affiliation in the headline.
Former DEMOCRAT US Senator Robert Menendez.
The difference was Rod got the shaft.
At least that is the way it seemed to me after listening to his interview on Tucker Carlson’s podcast.
Bob Menendez is guilty. As is his wife. They were blatant about it.
I would suspect this is an indirect way of saying he has other information on corruption and would be willing to testify for a reduced sentence. Trump can use that.
No, you are correct. I haven’t read how sick she actually is or if timelines have been speculated. I do believe I read that her prosecution has been delayed due to accommodating her palliative cancer treatment.
Sure. and they'd have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for pissing off Obama.
Democrats are generally dishonest as they ie all the time.
Chuckie and Nutsy should be thoroughly investigated and jailed.
accountability will reduce rampant criminality in Washington.
“The judge ordered Menendez to begin his prison term on June 6, allowing him to attend his wife Nadine Menendez’s corruption trial starting in March.”
Good grief really?.....SMH
Joey asked where’s the money give you clue?.
He’s to weak to carry gold bonds not so much?.
Probably at some “Club Fed” somewhere.
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