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Sen. Menendez pleads ignorance of sex offender intern
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Posted on 12/12/2012 1:53:15 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Sen. Menendez pleads ignorance of sex offender intern

By Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News

White House Correspondent

By Olivier Knox, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 1 hr 4 mins ago

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens to testimony by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Capitol Hill in October. …Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey said Wednesday there was "no way" for him or his staff to know that an unpaid college intern in his office was in this country illegally and had registered as a sex offender.

Menendez told MSNBC that his staff learned of the situation on Monday and that he himself found out just moments before going on the program.

"I didn't know anything about the young man's status" before that, said the senator, a passionate advocate for a comprehensive overhaul of immigration policy, ostensibly the main subject of the interview.

The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that immigration authorities arrested Luis Abrahan Sanchez Zavaleta, an 18-year-old immigrant from Peru, last Thursday. Sanchez came to the United States on a now-expired visitor visa and may be deported. The exact nature of his sex-related offense was not immediately clear because it occurred when he was a minor, the AP said. The news agency cited an anonymous official as saying that the Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest him until after Election Day.

"There's no way we could know about his status" from a standard background check because he was under 18 at the time of the infraction, Menendez told MSNBC. He also denied knowing anything about the alleged timing of the arrest.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; illegalimmigrant; illegals; immigration; liar; menendez; workscheap
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Uh huh........
1 posted on 12/12/2012 1:53:20 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

That’s right Bob - I believe you.


2 posted on 12/12/2012 1:55:12 PM PST by lesko
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To: Sub-Driver

Ignorance is no excuse. He should have known who was working in his office.


3 posted on 12/12/2012 1:55:47 PM PST by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." - Barack Hussein Obama - Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009.)
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To: lesko
Menendez told MSNBC that his staff learned of the situation on Monday . . .

. . . which totally explains why the Department of Homeland Sercurity was told to hold off on any arrest until after the election.

4 posted on 12/12/2012 2:03:01 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman

I had to undergo a CORI (Criminal Background Check) to be on the Football Stadium Commission!


5 posted on 12/12/2012 2:04:35 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Sub-Driver

6 posted on 12/12/2012 2:08:27 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Sub-Driver
If only there was something they could use to electronically verify citizenship/immigration status.....they could call it something trendy like iVerify......no hey - howsabout calling it eVerify?

And you know it would be really neat if there was a way to do a records check to see if someone had any warrants, arrests, or convictions out there. Maybe something that linked the FBI and all the police departments together. It would be neat if someone was intending to be employed by a senator and they were able to have a background check done.... Man life in the 20th century is gonna be like so totally awesome.

7 posted on 12/12/2012 2:09:05 PM PST by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: tumblindice

Didn’t the Liar Bawney Frank have a similar lapse in knowledge regarding his roomie?


8 posted on 12/12/2012 2:15:10 PM PST by Sioux-san
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To: Repeat Offender

menendez probably didn’t think in the midst of many “interviews” with him to ask this other criminal his status.


9 posted on 12/12/2012 2:16:04 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Repeat Offender

Well first off how did he get in the country. And who got him a job on his staff?

This really smells.......reminds me of Robert Torricelli.


10 posted on 12/12/2012 2:34:13 PM PST by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: Sub-Driver

And this POS is a law maker, telling the rest of us how to live, what we can and can’t own, how much of our own money we can keep...

What a degenerate...in a political party FULL of degenerates.

I seem to remember some scandal recently regarding this same turd in the Dominican Republic, with hookers....sound familiar, anyone?


11 posted on 12/12/2012 2:39:54 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Sioux-san

BTHOOM


12 posted on 12/12/2012 2:44:51 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Sub-Driver

This jack ass ought to plead ignorance every time he votes or opens his mouth.


13 posted on 12/12/2012 2:58:10 PM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: NFHale

He needs to go and yesterday was too soon.


14 posted on 12/12/2012 3:07:20 PM PST by Jude in WV
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To: Sub-Driver

If he is saying he is ignorant, it is going to be real hard to prove otherwise given his record.


15 posted on 12/12/2012 3:34:37 PM PST by Random Access
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yeah, right...

then WHO ordered ICE NOT to arrest him until AFTER the election you POS you???

16 posted on 12/12/2012 3:43:22 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Jude in WV

Nah, New Jersey SLUGS (read that Dems) will re-elect him, those too stupid to pay attention will re-elect him, the welfare queen brood mares will re-elect him, and the just plain dumbass rank and file will re-elect him.

Christie should do whatever he can to disgrace and denigrate this disreputable slug and replace his ass.


17 posted on 12/12/2012 4:54:17 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Sub-Driver

It is routine for a through vetting to take place for any political position, irregardless if it is for an internship, paid political position, or so forth. Even heavily involved volunteers are subject to a criminal background check.


18 posted on 12/12/2012 5:14:46 PM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Sub-Driver

All he needed to do is use eVerify


19 posted on 12/12/2012 5:23:05 PM PST by moonshinner_09
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To: Sub-Driver

Ignorance of the LAW is neither an excuse nor a DEFENSE in EVERY STATE.


20 posted on 12/12/2012 5:56:52 PM PST by eyeamok
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