Posted on 12/27/2014 2:06:30 PM PST by Steelfish
Menendez, Clinton State Dept. Helped Secure Visa for Fugitive Banker's Daughter By Jonathan Dienst. Kevin Nious and Joe Valiquette
There are new questions for U.S. Sen. Robert Mendendez, who tried to help a woman get into the country after she had been accused of visa fraud and was banned from traveling to the U.S. Jonathan Dienst reports. Dec 17, 2014
New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez interceded on behalf of an Ecuadorian woman who was banned from traveling to the U.S. because of allegations she had engaged in visa fraud.
The woman, Estafania Isaias, is the daughter of a fugitive from Ecuador convicted in absentia for bank fraud and whose relatives in Florida made significant campaign donations to the New Jersey Democrat's 2012 campaign and the Democratic Party.
Federal Probe Into NJ Sen. Menendez Is Widening Current and former U.S. government officials tell NBC 4 New York that Estefania Isaias was barred from traveling to the U.S. in 2007 because she allegedly lied on visa applications to bring immigrant women to the U.S. to work as maids at her parents’ mansion in Coral Gables, Fla.
U.S. officials alleged Estefania Isaias had falsely claimed the women were her personal business assistants. Sources familiar with the matter said U.S. consular officials in Ecuador categorized her alleged wrongdoing as a form of “human smuggling.”
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In before the, ‘What Difference Does It Make?’ crowd! :)
ALL DEMOCRATS are EVIL...ALL OF THEM!
That's why I always refer to them as members of the Demonic Party... they represent and support nothing less than evil.
Note the S Florida connection.....pure scum!
Robert Menendez was involved? Why? Was she underage?
Speaking of faked visas or citizenships and passports, with what papers does The One travel ?
I await Elizabeth Warren to denounce this and hold hearings cause she’s opposed to the rich taking advantage of the working people/s
Now, if The GOP thought and fought like Dems for every political advantage, the strategy would be to indict Menendez, pressure him to be removed from office, and have the GOP governor of NJ replace him with a Republican appointee to finish out his turn.
After all, it’s the seriousness of the charge
Senator No. 55.
One more toward 67.
And the GOP is not much better.
ping
“After she was banned in 2007, Estefania Isaias was able to obtain numerous short-term waivers from the U.S. government, according to sources familiar with her case.
“Those waivers allowed her in part to visit her father Roberto Isaias in Miami where he lives and runs several businesses. Roberto Isaias is a fugitive banker fighting extradition to Ecuador, where he was convicted in absentia for allegedly embezzling millions from the Filanbanco bank he once helped run.
“In 2011, current and former officials said, the U.S. Consulate decided there should be no more waivers for Estefania Isaias. They had grown increasingly concerned about allegations of visa fraud by Estefania and other wrongdoing by her family, sources familiar with the case said.
“The Isaias family turned to Sen. Robert Menendez for help, sources said.
“Around that time, Isaias family members in Florida made campaign donations: more than $11,000 to Senator Menendez’s 2012 campaign, and more than $125,000 to the Obama Victory Fund and the Democratic National Committee.
“Current and former officials say Menendez and his staff started making repeated phone calls, sending emails and writing letters to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her former chief of staff Cheryl Mills.
“In one letter, Senator Menendez wrote to Secretary Clinton “in support of” Estefania Isaias’s efforts to get a waiver, saying she should be allowed to come and work in the U.S.
“Menendez told Clinton he was “personally aware of Ms. Isaias’ circumstances” adding he believed she would “comply with all legal requirements.”
“In 2012, after Menendez contacted Clinton’s office, the State Department recommended that the Department of Homeland Security approve the visa waiver — and it did, overruling the decision made by U.S. consular officials in Ecuador.
“In the first six months of 2012, Estefania’s mother donated more than $105,000 to the Democratic party.”
If Menendez isn’t convorting with young prositutes in Santo Domingo, he’s the bagman running money for Ecuadorian fugive banksters making payoffs to various Dimocrats.
The Hildebeast also may be involved in this up to her keister.
Menendez is such a slime ball.
That will be the day- Menendez removed!
Menendez was right on Cuba a week ago. Eloquently said the deal was bad. After that, I don’t vouch for the guy.
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