Posted on 07/16/2024 10:05:01 AM PDT by bitt
New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez was found guilty Tuesday of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes — including 1-kilogram gold bars — in exchange for using his powerful post to enrich and protect three businessmen and the Egyptian and Qatari governments.
The bombshell jury verdict was delivered in Manhattan federal court after about 12½ hours of deliberations spread over three days.
It capped a nine-week trial that revealed how the senator leveraged his position as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to cater to the whims of men who showered him and his wife with gold, cash and gifts including a Mercedes-Benz convertible.
“Mr. Menendez sold the power of his office,” prosecutor Paul Monteleoni told jurors in the government’s closing statement. “It wasn’t enough for him to be one of the most powerful people in Washington,” Monteleoni said. “It wasn’t enough for him to be entrusted by the public with the power to approve billions of dollars of US military aid to foreign countries.
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Nice little resume enhancer for Mr. Menendez. Toast of the DNC convention now.
I guess it goes to show even Dems will convict other Dems..honestly thought this fool would walk
I hope that Trump 47 will make certain that Menendez does hard time in a maximum security prison, removing him from whatever cushy fed daycare he weasels his way into.
At the current market price, a one kilo gold bar is $80,639.53.
How many did he have?…..geez….
Brandon will pardon him on the last day of his residency.
He must have “forgotten” to pay 10% to the Big Guy.
PA Senator Fetterman has called fellow Democrat Menendez “the senator from Egypt”. Nice to see that a jury agrees.
Fetterman has also repeatedly called for Menendez to resign. Will Chuck Schumer now agree?
Cmon, I mean who doesn’t keep gold bars in the freezer?
So do I.
“ Mr. Menendez sold the power of his office,”
They spelled Biden wrong…
The Dems will replace Biden with Menendez on the ticket.
That's the way to move up and win in 2024 -- yeah!
He was against the Osama Obama Iran deal. I’ve thought for years THAT is why they went after this Democrat.
Only after giving 2.5% of wealth to zakat to support jihad.
That’s what he gets for departing from the cult on Cuba and Iran policy.
That’s my New Jersey. Party of Torch Torricelli, and Jim “Parkeay” McGreevy
NEXT...these folks...
So Bob FINALLY got convicted. He dodged the bullet so many times. This is well deserved and about 15 years late.
The defense called three witnesses, including the senator’s older sister, who testified that Menendez’s decades-long habit of stashing cash for was part of a “normal” distrust of banks stemming from his Cuban heritage.
“It’s a Cuban thing,” Caridad Gonzalez testified.
I truly thought it was a “black thing” (per Fani Willis). Is Gonzalez guilty of cultural appropriation?
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