Mmmmmm.....Ros-Lehtinen is so helpful to latinos.
CASE IN POINT Sen Menendez (D-NJ) is in business with his Miami pal---Dominican Dr Salomon Melgen--- WRT a lucrative Dominican port security deal to x-ray cargo for drugs----worth about a billion dollars over time.
A month after Melgen contributed $5,000 to Ros-Lehtinen, the congresswoman on April 10 wrote Aníbal de Castro, the Dominican Republic’s ambassador to the United States.
Her letter asked about “what specific steps your administration has taken to improve cargo security and reducing the flow of drugs to the United States and how we can work together towards achieving this goal.”
Ros-Lehtinen said she was writing the note because her committee was increasingly concerned that “the illicit drug trade and the presence of drug cartels may shift towards the Dominican Republic.’’
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BACKSTORY Over the years, the wealthy Melgen has registered a high profile. The doctor has asked various members of Congress over the years for help with (1) one of his many lawsuits, (2) his port security deal, (3) Medicare charges, and, (4) multi-million dollar tax issues against him.
For the tax issue, a consulting company wrote Menendez and four Florida lawmakers on Melgen’s behalf after the November election. Miami Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s interests as Committee on Foreign Affairs chair also dovetailed with the business interests of Melgen, who has crusaded for the Dominican Republic port-security contract to X-ray cargo.
NOTE: Contrary to his website and professional resume, big-name institutions including Harvard, Yale and the Univ of Missouri say they have no record of professional or educational history w/ Melgen.
Melgen is under two separate federal investigations for Medicare fraud and a political scandal involving a Democratic senator, according to a report by the Washington Free Beacon.
Dr. Melgen's biography (pdf link at web site) on his website claims he graduated from Harvard, was chief resident of ophthalmology at the Univ of Missouri, and held a Yale internship, but all three denied any record to support his credentials, according to the report.
Dr. Melgen, an active fundraiser for the Democratic Party, is under fire after it was discovered that he and US Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), improperly reported frequent trips to the Dominican Republic, and allegedly hired underage Dominican prostitutes for sex parties. © Copyright ASC COMMUNICATIONS 2012.
Liz, I think 95% of our legislooters are corrupt...and that may be too generous.
I don’t think it was coincidence that our military and DHS were conducting night exercises a few weeks ago in downtown Miami. South Florida is a hotbed of anti-communist, sovereign citizens.
“A month after Melgen contributed $5,000 to Ros-Lehtinen”
This price is too cheap. He was going to give her cash or a large deposit in a Carbibaan bank if he got this deal
“A month after Melgen contributed $5,000 to Ros-Lehtinen”
This price is too cheap. He was going to give her cash or a large deposit in a Caribbean bank if he got this deal or some of both