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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Only some people are above the law.
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.
Go to court and get your name changed to “Clinton” you dummy.
Go to court and get your name changed to “Clinton” you dummy.
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