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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Well timed distraction.
House arrest or white collar jail.....or slap on wrist?
Does this conviction mean he moves up in Dem leadership?
“Mr. Menendez sold the power of his office,...”
...so did Biden. When is his indictment?
He said he was running again as an Independent, hopefully he still does, so an R can take that Senate seat.
CONVICTED FELON!
CONVICTED FELON!
CONVICTED FELON!
CONVICTED FELON!
CONVICTED FELON!
Needs to happen to more politicians!
immediate dismissal from the Senate?? /s
One down, 530 to go (not ALL politicians are on the take).
Wow, echoesof Abscam. How very 1980s. The gold bars are a nice touch.
He should be hung from the neck until dead.
Yes it will be interesting theater to see how the DemRat Senate leadership deals with true felon Menendez.
Oh no! A crooked politician from New Jersey? How unusual! (Sarc)
Yes, Schumer will immediately begin the process, but because the MAGA senate Republicans are MAGA, the proceeding will take about 6 months.
Now he'll be the guy who announces the roll call vote for NJ at the DNC convention.
My shocked face....😴.
im hearing he3 threw his wife under the bus- claiming that the gold bars were ‘locked in her safe’ and that the house was ‘technically hers’
what makes it even worse is that she is apparently going through cancer and is pretty sick
schumer is only ‘calling on bob to resign’ right now- newsmax reports
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