Breaking: US Senator Bob Menendez Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez from New Jersey has just been indicted by the Dept. of Justice, possibly swinging the balance of power in the Senate even more.Â
The U.S. Department of Justice has just indicted Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on federal charges of public corruption. The indictment was not unexpected, as NCRM recently reported, the DOJ was putting together a case weeks ago.
BREAKING: NJ Sen. Bob Menendez indicted on federal corruption charges.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 1, 2015
At the time, Sen. Menendez denied all wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, the right wing media and even Republican lawmakers claimed the upcoming indictment was payback for the New Jersey Senator’s refusal to give Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch a “yes” vote.
“After a more than two-year investigation,” the Washington Post today reports, “Menendez faces charges for what prosecutors believe were improper efforts by Menendez to help Salomon Melgen, a Florida-based doctor who was also a contributor to Menendez’s campaigns and his longtime friend. Menendez intervened on Melgen’s behalf in a dispute with the federal regulators over Medicare charges and in a bid by Melgen to secure a port security contract in the Dominican Republic.”
Perhaps ironically, the Senator’s last post on Twitter was this:
Our democracy should not be for sale! Sign the petition and stand with us to overturn #CitizensUnited now: http://t.co/oiT2nfQaLN
— Bob Menendez (@Menendez4NJ) March 19, 2014
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