Democrat Bob Menendez And Wife Indicted For Corruption

I guess he should have given 10% to the Big Guy. The Daily Mail reports that "Democrat Senator Bob Menendez and his wife are indicted for 'accepting $400,000 in gold bars from mob-linked New Jersey developer in return for favors - and giving Egyptian businessman highly sensitive U.S. information'."

    Democratic Senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine Arslanian have been indicted by a federal grand jury over corruption allegations in an investigation that focused on a luxury car, $400,000 in gold bars and an apartment allegedly received by Menendez and his wife.

    The indictment claims the couple had an improper relationship with three New Jersey businessmen: Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes, who allegedly paid the couple in exchange for Menendez to use his influence in Washington D.C. to their benefit.

    The probe also looked at other bribes allegedly paid to the couple. A June 2022 raid on their home found 'over $480,000 in cash - much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets, and a safe,' the indictment notes, addding Nadine had over $70,000 in a safe deposit box. 

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

    '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.

    The indictment alleges that Menendez tried to disrupt a federal criminal prosecution of Daibes in exchange for the money and other items of value. Daibes is an old friend of Menendez, has fundraised for his Senate campaign, and allegedly has mob ties. 

    The indictment charges Menendez 'promised to and did use his influence and power' to pressure President Joe Biden to nominate a U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey who Menendez 'believed could be influenced by Menendez with respect to the federal criminal prosecution of Fred Daibes.'

    Biden later nominated Phillip Sellinger as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, the top federal prosecutor in the state. 

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    The indictment also charges the senator with providing 'sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.'

You can get away with the stuff when helping Israel, but not Egypt.

    This is the second time Menendez faces a corruption charge. A 2015 case ended in mistrail after a jury failed to reach a verdict on all counts and a judge acquitted him on some charges. 

    Menendez is running for re-election for his New Jersey Senate seat and already facing at least one Democratic challenger in the primary.

    If Menendez were to step down before the end of his term, New Jersey's Democratic governor, Philip Murphy, would appoint a successor.

 He's a spy. He should be sent to prison for the rest of his natural life.