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Harry Reid expected to be called to testify in Menendez trial, source says
Fox News ^ | Sept 29, 2017 | Brooke Singman

Posted on 09/29/2017 2:44:23 PM PDT by jazusamo

Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid is expected to be called to testify in the corruption trial of Sen. Robert Menendez, a source with knowledge of the situation told Fox News on Friday.

Menendez is accused of accepting campaign donations, gifts and vacations from Florida ophthalmologist Dr. Salomon Melgen. In return, Menendez, D-N.J., allegedly used his Senate powers to lobby on behalf of Melgen’s business interests.

Reid's name re-emerged weeks ago in the case, when prosecutors said the former congressional leader was “first enlisted” by Menendez in November 2011 to advocate for Melgen in the ongoing dispute the doctor had with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Speculation has focused on a possible trial appearance by Reid following testimony this week from another former senator, Democrat Tom Harkin. The former Iowa senator said he attended a meeting in 2011 facilitated by Menendez, in which he and Melgen discussed an $8.9 million Medicare dispute.

Reid, D-Nev., already has met with the Justice Department and the FBI in connection with the investigation, back in 2015.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bribery; corruption; harryreid; kathleensebelius; melgen; menendez
Dingy Harry and Sebelius must be thrilled to be involved. lol
1 posted on 09/29/2017 2:44:23 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

And we all know whore house Harry always tells the truth.


2 posted on 09/29/2017 2:47:24 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: jazusamo

I bet Dirty Harry is sweating bullets right about now.

Good


3 posted on 09/29/2017 2:48:24 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: Da Coyote

Uh oh. Someone unplug his treadmill
before it wrestles him to the ground, again.


4 posted on 09/29/2017 2:48:59 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: jazusamo

Notice how quite reid has been since out of senate?


5 posted on 09/29/2017 2:50:28 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: ColdOne

Exactly, haven’t heard squat out of him.


6 posted on 09/29/2017 2:52:04 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
Hopefully, Harry stays off the treadmill and away from his brother.

The image of Harry with black eyes ought to impress the jury.

Then again, enforcement action would fit right in with the locals in New Jersey....Harry would have neighborhood credibility. /s

7 posted on 09/29/2017 2:54:48 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: jazusamo

Why isn’t Hairy called in the Bunkerville litigation?


8 posted on 09/29/2017 2:55:54 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: ptsal

LOL! That’s quite a photo. :-)


9 posted on 09/29/2017 2:57:28 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: ptsal

I like that photo. Dingy Harry had better toe the line or Bruno will do the other side.


10 posted on 09/29/2017 3:02:34 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jazusamo

The above teaser doesn’t specify if he is appearing as a witness on behalf of the prosecution or defense. A rather important point but glossed over by the Fox News copy editors.


11 posted on 09/29/2017 3:08:21 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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I don't think it matters anymore

The democraps have been howling and whining (still are) about Trump this and Trump that and calling for impeachment and investigations and all it has done is expose the democraps complicity in attempting (and in a couple of cases succeeding) to bring the Republicans down

All this noise from them has focused the spotlight on THEM and away from the Republicans

This is just good ol' American just desserts.

Guaranteed there are a bunch of younger ones waiting in the wings to take the places of all these old horses.

12 posted on 09/29/2017 3:42:21 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: jazusamo

Obviously a character witness.


13 posted on 09/29/2017 3:42:25 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: jazusamo

Seems like this trial has been going on for a long time. But I haven’t heard much about it on MSM.


14 posted on 09/29/2017 3:54:40 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: apocalypto

Yep, Menendez was indicted over two years ago and the trial started for him on Sept 6 but you’d never know it from the enemedia, they seem to only report on Republican perceived corruption or indictments and trials.


15 posted on 09/29/2017 4:22:30 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Da Coyote
he better this time... under a real oath with real perjury charges if he lies
16 posted on 09/29/2017 4:25:53 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: jazusamo

Reid is one of the most destructive pols in US history. Perhaps a flaming car crash on the way? A driverless car that drives off of Hoover Dam? A meteor strikes the back seat sparing the driver?


17 posted on 09/29/2017 4:55:27 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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