Posted on 09/21/2023 9:09:04 PM PDT by bitt
New Jersey Democrat Senator Bob Menendez has been under investigation for alleged corruption more times than anyone can count.
Now it is happening again. Menendez and his wife are being investigated over claims that they accepted bars of gold in exchange for favors, otherwise known as a bribe.
Will this be the time that the senator’s luck finally runs out?
FOX News reports:
Feds probing if Dem Sen Menendez or wife accepted gold bars worth hundreds of thousands from felon: report
Federal investigators are probing whether Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez or his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold bars from a felon in a trade for help, according to a report.
NBC News 4 reported Monday that the FBI and IRS criminal investigators are attempting to determine if Menendez or his wife had taken up to $400,000 worth of gold bars from Fred Daibes, a New Jersey developer and former bank chairman, or his associates in a swap for Menendez reaching out to the Justice Department to aid the “admitted felon” accused of banking crimes.
Daibes starred down federal bank fraud charges at the time of the alleged handoff that could have netted him up to a decade in prison, the report says.
Witnesses are currently testifying before a Manhattan federal grand jury weighing whether to bring corruption charges against Menendez, the publication reported.
“For purposes of the Federal Extortion Act, it makes no difference if the senator took an official act so long as he accepted the money and there was knowledge the money was in exchange for that official influence, even if he never carried out what he had promised he would do,” NBC Legal Analyst Danny Cevallos said of the ordeal.
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“New Jersey Democrat Senator Bob Menendez has been under investigation for alleged corruption more times than anyone can count.”
As the saying kind of goes: A name is worth a thousand words.
Nothing to see here.
Menendez must be opposing some Rat legislation or initiative.
That’s the only time he’s ever “investigated” is when he doesn’t march in lockstep with the latest Dem agenda.
I think you are onto something.
was that wrong? should I have setup shell companies or had some child or other family member take them insted?
or maybe just had random bitcoin traders.
this is all so confusing, maybe I should just stick with cattle futures.
The gold bar in the golf scene of Goldfinger was worth $14,000 then but approximately $500,000 today.
Indeed.
I thought Menendez took payment in the form of bj’s from 13 year old girls in the Dominican Republic ?
The clintoons perfected the gov embezzlement scheme the rest are just pikers.
Screw New Jersey!
You let this crook replace the crook Corzine...
You knew this guy was a scum bag but you still reelected him. Twice.
Your state should lose its Senate representation for 10 years.
He did it’s his most famous con. But, there are many others. Problem is if they get rid of him they would undoubtedly get someone worse, maybe fat bridge boy.
He should have laundered it through the approved government laundry basket.
His portfolio is diversified.
I don’t think Mr. Creosote would win a race for dogcatcher. He was at, what, 9% approval or some such when his fat ass waddled out of Drumthwacket ?
I see whut you did there.
Did the DOJ get a cut of the action?
This turd has been under investigation for decades
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