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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It’s about time this long-time crook FINALLY got convicted of something. Seems like every 6 months there’s a scandal around this guy.
Corruption in NJ? Say it ain’t so.
You’ve got to have some cold hard currency on hand for a rainy day.
His luck ran out.
Finally.
Tip of the iceberg.
Practice what you preach, Dems.
Aw, never mind.
The guys is scum. Always has been. Proud to say I’ve never voted for him and hope he and his wife rot in jail. God knows what he has stolen from this State.
Bob Menendez is the “gold standard” for Dimocrat politicians.
Mr. Fee also argued that the cash and gold had not been bribes but generous gifts to Ms. Menendez in “lean times.”
And he said it without sounding sarcastic!
I keep line in the spare tire of the vette they’ll never look there.
How does he lose his seat? Does Schumer have to do something?
Winning keeps on comin’.
Is Bob going to give a big “F-— You” to Schumer?
Seems like the kind of guy to hold on to power for dear life.
The middle one, I presume. Club Fed.
Let’s see if he gets a half a billion dollar fine.
The second biggest symbol of Washington corruption, after the Biden family.
Paraphrasing: It may have been JD Vance on wednesday that said that taking cash bribes was not enough with bidenflation but you needed gold bars as well
That was a dig at democrat New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez who was convicted of this.
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