Menendez is a safety screen for Hunter. The Dems can say, “see? we prosecute Democrat miscreants, too! and if Hunter had committed those crimes yall are lying about we would prosecute him fully!”
BINGO!
EVERYONE IS SMELLING THE SAME RAT. Anyone who believes that Menendez is the only Senator with gold bars stashed away or is a pedophile was born yesterday.
“Menendez is a safety screen for Hunter. The Dems can say, “see? we prosecute Democrat miscreants, too! and if Hunter had committed those crimes yall are lying about we would prosecute him fully!””
I think there may be something to that possibility. When they were looking for the low-hanging fruit to promote that narrative, Menendez was the natural choice. Since he had been charged with similar accusations in the past, there would be no problem in getting everyone to believe the allegations no matter what he provides as a defense.
The media mocks the thought that he would keep cash and gold bars at his home. However, how many here have cash “stashes” at their home? Yes, maybe not to the level that he did, but I suspect many here have several thousand dollars stuck away that they have saved up over the years “just in case”. And many may also have an ounce or two of gold or silver. Also “just in case”. So those defenses are not that unreasonable. Not that I don’t think he is guilty. However, I suspect that just about every other politician is just as guilty as he is if the truth were known.