Breitbart:
On Wednesday the Department of Justice dropped a bombshell in the public corruption trial against Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and co-defendant Dr. Salomon Melgen, set to begin in a New Jersey federal courtroom on September 6.
It had been reported for some time that Menendez had previously acknowledged taking three trips to the Dominican Republic and Florida that were paid for by Melgen. When two of those trips were discovered, Menendez belatedly reimbursed Melgen the $58,500 expense associated with them.
But in a 30-page brief filed with the court on Wednesday, the DOJ stated, “The press revealed for the first time that Menendez had flown free of charge multiple times in 2010 on Melgen’s private jet—a fact that Menendez had omitted from the annual financial disclosure form he is required to file. Once exposed, on January 4, 2013, Menendez wrote a $58,500 check to Melgen to cover two roundtrip flights, more than two years after Menendez took them in 2010.” According to the DOJ brief:
A few weeks later, when the FBI executed a search warrant at Melgen’s offices on January 30, 2013, Menendez swiftly issued a statement: “Senator Menendez has traveled on Dr. Melgen’s plane on three occasions, all of which have been paid for and reported appropriately.”
That was a lie.
The truth is that Menendez and his personal guests had enjoyed more than a dozen flights on Melgen’s private jet, dating back at least as far as 2006—not a single one of which Menendez had paid for or reported on his annual financial disclosure forms. Menendez persisted in the obfuscation just a few days later, telling CNN on February 4 that the reason he wrote the $58,500 check to Melgen over two years after the flights was that the payment ‘fell through the cracks.’
A month later, Melgen repeated the “three occasions” lie in an interview appearing in an online newspaper owned by Melgen. more here
leftist perv
Hillary and Podesta have “corrected” many more funds and expenditures that “fell through the cracks” years after the media or researchers found evidence in WikiLeaks e-mails.
But Menendez didn’t have a Foundation or Lobby firm.
Given the fact Menendez attacked Obama & Hillary was the judicial kiss of death perpetrated by the politically partisan FBI.
I wonder if Menendez will pop up when Wikileaks releases Hillary’s 30,000 deleted emails. Must be some frantic, grim-faced people in DC right now.
For that photo, thought balloon:
Reminder to self: Buy more KY jelly. A lot more.
just another corrupt & perverted Democrat that the MSM has no interest in.
If CNN and the rest had any desire to restore their reputations as News gathering and disseminating institutions they would put double the effort into Menendez, Hillary’s emails and follow ups on all the people Obama pardoned than they did into finding the identity of that the creator of that MEME. If they did that they would have something to hang their hat on. Of course the Democrat party would be dead so there is your answer as to why: RUSSIA.
ALL democrats are essentially MIKE NIFONG.
Hide evidence
Lie
Excuses
Then lie some more
The real interesting part will be when he’s found guilty. What will the Senate do about pitching him out? Will the Dems unanimously support a vote to remove him? Maybe some squish/RINO GOP senators will try to delay his removal because they know that the Christie might appoint a real conservative to finish his term.
JAFD….Just another F’n democrat.
Let’s hope the trial concludes quickly so his replacement can be named before Christy gets voted out.
one down, 99 to go
I think the reason they’re going after Menendez (even though Melgen is his co-defendant), is to use the fraud case to get their hands on all the pedo island stuff that probably exists between them and deep six it all.
(too tinfoil?)
Menendez is a full-on sleazebag and pervert and would be in jail if he was a Republican.