Step back in awe of Sen. Bob Menendez’s arrogance: He got got away with it once — and then went right back to rolling in sleaze.
Step back in awe of Menendez’s arrogance: He got got away with it once — and then went right back to rolling in sleaze.Hey, Jack Smith — you’re fired!, welcome to a ‘new political era’ and other commentaryIn both trials, he claimed he was merely helping constituents as part of his official duties: His actions were “exactly what we want our elected officials to do,” his lawyer, Adam Fee, insisted.
Prosecutors laid out damning evidence of a mind-blowing list of favors that bribing Menendez bought, such as interfering in probes, pressuring the Agriculture Department to protect a firm’s monopoly on approved halal meat exports and using his Senate Foreign Relations Committee heft to help Egypt win millions in US aid.
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