Senator Bob Menendez indicted on bribery/fraud/extortion charges—gold bars found in home

[Roger Wilco]

Not great-

The indictment accuses Menendez and his wife of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using the senator's power and influence to seek to protect and enrich the businessman.

"Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value," the indictment said.

Sen. Bob Menendez indicted again for corruption, allegedly had cash stuffed in coat, gold bars

A federal grand jury in New York has returned an indictment against United States Sen. Bob Menendez, chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations committee.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Brainonska511]

They're just party favors from a vacation he took with a friend /s

 

[ivwshane]

I’m not going to lie but I always got the gop vibes from him (as in he seemed corrupt).


Lock him up and get him the f out of congress, I’m tired of these corrupt asswipes getting barely a slap on the wrist.

 

[ivwshane]

Oh and this just goes to prove how corrupt the DOJ is! /eyeroll

 

[Indus]

Good time to primary him since he's up for election next year and he's 70??

 

[IronWing]

He hasn’t been convicted of anything so why is he being investigated?

 

[kitkat22]

Yeesh, hard to keep up with all these indictments....

 

[K1052]

Didn't the Supreme Court recently decide there is no such thing as bribery unless it comes from the Bribery region of France?

(explicit written in blood exchange of money for official favors)

 

[skyking]

so by that definition then piracy can only come from the Barbary Coast region?

 

[K1052]

so by that definition then piracy can only come from the Barbary Coast region?

Anything else is just sparkling theft.

 

[ch33zw1z]

What does this guy think he is, on the scotus?

 

[fleshconsumed]

Alito jokes/comparisons aside, if proven guilty should go to prison and lose all his retirement benefits from the job.

 

[Pens1566]

Didn't the Supreme Court recently decide there is no such thing as bribery unless it comes from the Bribery region of France?

(explicit written in blood exchange of money for official favors)

Yeah, otherwise it's just sparkling free speech.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Alito jokes/comparisons aside, if proven guilty should go to prison and lose all his retirement benefits from the job.

Sounds good to me

 

[Homerboy]

hang 'em out to dry
this is actually his SECOND time too

 

[brycejones]

hang 'em out to dry
this is actually his SECOND time too

Yeah but he was totally exonerated the first time…….

 

[fskimospy]

Didn't the Supreme Court recently decide there is no such thing as bribery unless it comes from the Bribery region of France?

(explicit written in blood exchange of money for official favors)

Seriously, under the current SCOTUS standard I'm not sure his actions are illegal.

That standard is absolutely insane, but SCOTUS has essentially made bribery legal.

 

[HomerJS]

Also as per Ken Paxton he should be able to avoid court for at least 7 years.

Wasn't this guy on trial before for something similar? Cut bait so Gov. Murphy can appoint a D replacement.

 

[tweaker2]

Tip of the 'ol iceberg as far as grafting in government goes. It's just that some politicos play hide-n-seek better than the rest. Well, and then there's those conservative SCOTUS justices who believe they are above the law seeing as if they believe they decide what laws, morals and ethical standards apply to themselves.

 

[eelw]

Waits for the orange monkey to either take credit for this investigation or call him innocent (he doesn't care if a Dem) and being railroaded by Biden's DOJ

 

[fskimospy]

Funny how the weaponized Justice Department has now indicted a longtime Democratic senator and the president's own son.

Apparently Biden is just really bad at being a dictator.

 

[HomerJS]

Wonder if Fox will cover this?

If they do it shows Biden's DOJ isn't weaponized
If they don't no talking point Democrats are corrupt.

 

[fskimospy]

Wonder if Fox will cover this?

If they do it shows Biden's DOJ isn't weaponized
If they don't no talking point Democrats are corrupt.

My guess is they will claim Menendez is being indicted to cover up Biden’s attack on Trump.

 

[hal2kilo]

Not great-

The indictment accuses Menendez and his wife of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using the senator's power and influence to seek to protect and enrich the businessman.

"Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value," the indictment said.

Sen. Bob Menendez indicted again for corruption, allegedly had cash stuffed in coat, gold bars

A federal grand jury in New York has returned an indictment against United States Sen. Bob Menendez, chairman of the powerful Foreign Relations committee.

abcnews.go.com

Needs to go on the dump heap next to Charlie Rangel. We throw out our trash.

 

[HomerJS]

Once again people on the left are showing their integrity by not excusing corruption by Democratic politicians.

Not the same on the right.