Can someone explain what is going on with Senator Menendez of New Jersey?

[kentuck]

It's difficult to find much of the story on cable television, it seems?

Is he guilty of taking bribes?

Or is he being attacked by political enemies?

Does anyone know the facts on this case?

[AngryAmish]

1. Fake news brewed up by Russia.

[spanone]

2. the republicans are looking to secure another congressional seat.

if mendendez is convicted, a republican will appoint a new senator.

THAT is what this is all about.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/politics/menendez-trial/index.html

[Demsrule86]

3. witch hunt.

[MattP]

4. Didn't the Roberts court pretty much say bribery was legal unless you call it a bribe

[chelsea0011]

6. NPR did a stroy yesterday about this subject. The Roberts court so narrowly defined what a

bribe is the Senator is expected to use that court case to prove his innocence. The person speaking on the radio explained it this way how the court decided. You get a Rolex from a constituent. That watch was a given because you will cast a vote in an upcoming bill the way the constituent tells you to vote. It is very specific and the way I hear the Menendez case explained never rises to that.

[4139]

5. He was indicted April 2015... he indictment and a couple of news stories

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/01/menendez_and_melgen_indictment.pdf


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/menendez-expected-to-be-indicted-as-soon-as-wednesday-sources-say/2015/04/01/623024c6-d86e-11e4-8103-fa84725dbf9d_story.html?utm_term=.3b6a6028cea2


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/menendez-loses-in-appeals-court-228127

[DeminPennswoods]

7. This appears very similar to the Bob McDonald case

conviction that was overturned by the US Supreme Court. "Honest services" fraud, which has been used to prosecute politicians, was basically killed by that decision.

[procon]

9. That's what I was thinking.

The Roberts Court has endorsed bribery and shady money as the perfectly legal function of our democracy. So there is no difference between either an R or a D who makes use of system that the US Supreme Court says is OK.

This won't change, not ever, because easy money corrupts everyone and politicians will not kill off their cash cows.

[WinkyDink]

8. He's been a naughty boy.