First time for corruption back in 2015 …..
This time ?
The New York Feds will arrest him for corruption AGAIN….
Hmmmmm?
Oh?
Memendez IS a Democrat…..
He has to give up his Chair of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee….
Ouch!…..
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, has been charged in a sweeping federal corruption indictment, the authorities said on Friday.
The three-count indictment, which also charges the senator’s wife and three New Jersey businessmen, accuses him of using his official position in a wide range of corrupt schemes at home and abroad. In one, he sought to benefit the government of Egypt, including secretly providing it with sensitive U.S. government information, while in two others, he aimed to influence criminal investigations of two New Jersey businessmen, one of whom was a longtime fund-raiser for Mr. Menendez.
Toward that end, the senator, a Democrat, recommended that President Biden nominate a lawyer, Philip R. Sellinger, for the post of U.S. attorney for New Jersey because Mr. Menendez believed he could influence Mr. Sellinger’s prosecution of the fund-raiser. Mr. Sellinger, who was ultimately confirmed for the post, was not accused of any wrongdoing.
In another scheme, Mr. Menendez used his position to try to disrupt the investigation and prosecution of a businessman by the New Jersey State attorney general’s office, according to the indictment….
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Mr. Menendez, his wife and their three co-defendants are expected to appear in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, according to Nicholas Biase, a spokesman for the Southern District.
The charges are not the senator’s first encounter with the law. In 2015, Mr. Menendez was indicted in New Jersey on bribery charges in what federal prosecutors called a scheme between the senator and a wealthy eye doctor to trade political favors for gifts worth close to $1 million, including luxury vacations in the Caribbean and campaign contributions. Mr. Menendez’s corruption trial ended in a mistrial in November 2017, after the jury said it was unable to reach a verdict.
The judge later acquitted Mr. Menendez of several charges and the Justice Department dismissed the others.
As chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Menendez is one of Washington’s most influential Democrats.
He climbed there rung by rung, quickly, a consummate survivor….
Note….
Initial media lawyers cast a small amount doubt on this case is the Senator is NOT charged with getting DIRECT gains from money an d favors ….
This is a conspiracy case….
Remember …
Menendez HAS beat the Feds the first time….
Does this smell a little like Trump’s narritive?
image…PBS
Weaponizing the Justice Department to protect powerful Democrats while persecuting innocent Republicans ?
Remember that Bob Menendcz, then a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, was appointed to fill a mid-term Senate vacancy by Gov. Jon Corzine (D), who also came under a cloud.
Just a view….
If?
Menendez was a Republican?
There would be NO Talk about him stepping down…..
He should step down regardless, his corruption makes him one of the most Conservative members of the Democratic Caucus. Make way for Mikie Sherrill.
Donald Trump has been arrested FOUR Times…..
He’s STILL running for President…..
Menendez SHOULD stay….
If convicted he’s gone….
SERIOUSLY?
Democrats give the fuck UP TOOOOO soon….
Chris Christie Won’t Run for Senate
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) ruled out running for Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) seat, telling NBC News: “I have no interest being in the United States Senate.”
Atta a guy!
Menendez to Double-Down on Re-Election Bid
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) “will hold a press conference on Monday morning in Hudson County, where he grew up and where he launched his political career as a 20-year-old school board member, making his first public comments since his indictment on federal corruption charges on Friday,” the New Jersey Globe reports.
“Menendez is not expected to resign, but rather take a defiant stand against the allegations against him… Indeed, he is expected to double-down and say he plans to seek re-election in 2024, even if he needs to run off the organization line.”
I still think he’s out by the end of the month.
His doubling down notwithstanding.
Ok….
We’ll see….
But his history points to him going ALL they way even to trial…..
Again?
He ain’t a choir boy….
But if he was a GOPer….
He would NOT entertain quiting….
Soros Is a prime example…..
Give up too soon?
How stupid.
Menendez is a piece of garbage.
He’s a liar a crook and should have been in prison years ago.
Very Republican of you to defend him!
And quite unsurprising I might add.
I HAVE MADE NO statement about his guilt here….
I HAVE siad I think he’s a bit sleazy in his dealings….
I HAVE STRONGLY pointed out that Democrats ARE ALWAYS in a hurry to throw their people OVERBOARD when something gets a bit sideways….
Memendez IS NOT gonna just fold I think…
I Stand by my views….
“ a bit sleazy “
Gee wow how expressive.
He’s pure G garbage.
Maybe this crook is uh “ your people “Clarence ,. He ain’t mine.
I could see a scenario where Menendez drags Biden down in NJ, sort of how Cal Cunningham may have contributed to Biden’s loss in NC last time around.
Menendez will definitely be off the Democratic ballot in NJ next year and will likely be long out of the Senate.
One can hope. We got lucky in 2018 with a good year dragging him across the finish line. Could happen again, but the way the Senate map is shaping up, I don’t want to roll the dice on this one.
Under stood….
He’s back in Jersey trying to pick up his political support….
Sound familiar?
It is especially worth noting that in 2021, an unheralded Legislator damn near toppled the fairly popular Governor Phil Murphy, in so doing dragging a bunch of losers over the line in down ticket races(remember the MAGA truck driver who ousted Senate President and prominent Christie enemy Steve Sweeney?). And the GOP actually flipped a NJ Congressional seat in ’22, one of their better states in a year of underperformances. NJ may be Liberal, but there’s been flashing warning signs there for a while.
SE and EVERYONE else?
Memendez is NOT going anywhere…Cept to Court.
Yea Menendez was convicted and got out untouched….
He was in trouble before
Several times check the wiki link
HE’s STILL Senator
Update….
Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is expected to defiantly announce Monday that he will seek re-election — less than a week after being indicted on explosive corruption charges.
The 69-year-old Democrat issued a statement Friday, the day of his Manhattan federal indictment, insisting, “I’m not going anywhere” — despite widespread calls including from top officials in his own party to resign….
More…
Menendez gets a top tier Primary challenger in Congressman Andy Kim.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/09/23/politics/menendez-andy-kim-senate/index.html
A complete nobody held Menendez to 62% in his 2018 Primary. Kim will make it a lot tougher.
I doubt that, should Menendez hold out til the next election, the DSCC and allied Super PACs will send him any money.
Shadow organizations, shell accounts, etc, would probably work to shore up Congressman Kim or some other top tier rival. Or they go more overt like the NRCC did with Kerry Bentivolio in 2014, Tim Huelskamp in 2016, and Madison Cawthorn last year.
Again….
They tried to knock out Menendez from the GOPer’s and the media at least TWICE back in the day….
It did NOT work…..
If he’s convicted?
He’s out….
Otherwise?
He keeps his job….
We’ll see….
This IS gonna go long….
Menendez does his presser …,
Says will fight
Does not announce a 2024 run
BTW?
Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.), the son of embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), announced Monday that he will seek reelection to Congress.
His announcement comes three days after his father was indicted on bribery charges and swiftly faced calls to leave office….
More…
The nitty gritty of the Menendez presser…
‘No one’s fought harder for NJ since I shot out the womb 7 decades ago.’
‘America needs a hero. That man, one Bob Menendez, is standing before you today.’
But America doesn’t need a zero.