Posted on 01/19/2018 2:49:28 PM PST by mandaladon
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department notified a federal judge Friday that it will again put Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey on trial, after a jury deadlocked and ended an earlier prosecution in a mistrial.
"The conduct alleged in the indictment is serious and warrants retrial before a jury of citizens in the District of New Jersey," the Justice Department said.
"An early retrial date is in the best interests of the public," government lawyers told the judge.
A spokesman for Menendez said prosecutors evidently "did not hear the overwhelming voices of the New Jerseyans" who served on the jury during the first trial.
"We regret that the DOJ, after spending millions and millions of taxpayer dollars and failing to prove a single allegation in a court of law, has decided to double down on an unjust prosecution." the statement said.
Menendez was accused of illegally accepting favors from a Florida eye doctor, Salomon Melgen. Among them, prosecutors said, were a dozen flights on a private jet to stay Melgen's cloistered resort in the Dominican Republic, three nights at a five-star hotel in Paris, and more than $700,000 in political contributions for Menendez and the Democratic party.
In return, the government said, Menendez helped get visas for Melgen's girlfriends, aided a Melgen-owned company with a contract worth millions for port security in the Dominican Republic, and leaned on federal regulators after Melgen was accused of overbilling Medicare for nearly $9 million dollars.
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*snicker* lmao
GOOD...throw the book at him and get the trial out of Jersey!
Assuming he is indeed guilty, and I “believe” he is, they should lock him up at Supermax, throw away the key and weld the door closed.
Three other threads on the topic today but different sources
if anyone cares to scan thru them.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3624102/posts
DOJ to re-try Bob Menendez corruption case, complicating his reelection bid ^
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3624085/posts
Prosecutors say they will retry New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez ^
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3624123/posts
Justice Dept intends to re-try Menendez in corruption case ^
Another jury of people that can barely speak English!
Change the venue to West Virginia oo Nebraska!
It took two trials and 9 years to get John Gotti and this guy is just as crooked.
Note how they waited to do this until Christie was out of office and a Democrat was in his place.
Great minds think alike; I don’t know if it would have helped, but it would have been nice to know in early November.
“I hope they nail him this time...”
Move the trial to Kansas.
I don’t know....the results were 9-2 to acquit. So I am sure that the prosecutor has a weak case.
Menendez pissed off the Obama crowd when they tried to bully into his constituency and take over. He is one of the few Democrats who successfully “resisted” the Magic Negrofication of his constituency with Obama grass roots liberal fascist organizers.
Trump needs to put a stop to the political prosecution of Menendez. He is doing nothing that Harry Reid did not do much more of.
Don’t see any popular liberal being convicted by a jury in D.
C. of NJ.
D.C. “or” NJ.
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