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Democratic Senator Bob Menendez indicted on 14 counts of corruption
Last month it was reported that the Department of Injustice was going to file criminal charges against Democratic Senator Bob Menendez and today the agency made it official–charging the New Jersey Senator with 14 charges of corruption.
Here is more:
Federal prosecutors unveiled a 14-count indictment Wednesday of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), one of his party’s leading voices on foreign affairs, charging him with using his office to benefit an eye doctor in exchange for many gifts over their decades of friendship.
After a more than two-year investigation, Menendez faces charges related to what prosecutors say 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 federal regulators over Medicare charges and in a bid by Melgen to secure a port security contract in the Dominican Republic.
Senator Menendez remains defiant, here is part of what he had to say:
“I am outraged that prosecutors at the Justice Department were tricked into starting this investigation three years ago with false allegations by those who have a political motive to silence me,” Menendez said. “I will not be silenced. I’m confident at the end of the day I will be vindicated and they will be exposed.”
Since the original story broke that the Department of Injustice would file charges against the New Jersey Senator there has been speculation the Obama regime was seeking retribution against him because he has been vocal in his opposition to Barack Obama’s policies on Cuba and Iran, and his statement that he would “not be silenced” seems to indicate to me that this is what he also believes to be the truth.
I am not saying these charges are not warranted or justified because it certainly seems as if they are but one has to wonder; if he was not so outspoken in his opposition to Barack Obama’s foreign policy would the Department of Injustice be more likely to make these charges disappear like the agency is attempting to do in the case of Lois Lerner’s contempt charges?
Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium
Source: http://americaswatchtower.com/2015/04/01/democratic-senator-bob-menendez-indicted-on-14-counts-of-corruption/
