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Feds renew contested allegations in Menendez case
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com ^ | October 10, 2016

Posted on 10/10/2016 4:39:49 PM PDT by SMGFan

More than a year after a judge dismissed four counts of bribery in the corruption case against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and Florida ophthalmologist Dr. Salomon Melgen, a federal grand jury Thursday renewed the accusations in a superseding indictment.

Menendez, a Democrat from Paramus, was originally indicted in April 2015 along with Melgen, who prosecutors allege gave the senator more than $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions in exchange for Menendez intervening in federal matters involving Melgen.

The bribery charges returned in Thursday's superseding indictment, filed in the U.S. District Court in Newark, concern a $20,000 payment Melgen made to the Fund to Uphold the U.S. Constitution, a trust formed by the senator "to defray the outstanding costs of a politically charged recall effort," according to a motion filed by Menendez's defense team in July 2015.

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The case just keeps on going.
1 posted on 10/10/2016 4:39:50 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Only some people are above the law.


2 posted on 10/10/2016 4:47:46 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: SMGFan

Menendez is a jerk but he’s a democrat so this isn’t supposed to happen to him. But he criticized Obama so his goose is cooked.


3 posted on 10/10/2016 4:48:49 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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To: SMGFan

Go to court and get your name changed to “Clinton” you dummy.


4 posted on 10/10/2016 5:01:45 PM PDT by bobo1 (Truth has but only one voice.)
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To: SMGFan

Go to court and get your name changed to “Clinton” you dummy.


5 posted on 10/10/2016 5:04:29 PM PDT by bobo1 (Truth has but only one voice.)
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To: SMGFan

and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!

6 posted on 10/10/2016 5:37:48 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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