Senator Robert Menendez is under investigation again

[brooklynite]

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Source: Semafor

Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J. faces a new federal investigation, according to two people familiar with the inquiry.

Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have contacted people connected to Menendez in recent weeks, the sources said. They have sent at least one subpoena in the case, according to a person connected to the inquiry.

Menendez and a Florida eye doctor, Salomon Melgen, were indicted in 2015 for an alleged arrangement under which the doctor provided flights on a private jet and lavish vacations in exchange for the senator’s help with government contracts and other public favors. Menendez’s lawyers argued that the two men were simply good friends. The inquiry ended in a mistrial in 2017 after the jury failed to reach a verdict. (Melgen was convicted in 2017 of medicare fraud, and received clemency from President Donald Trump in 2021.)

The two people familiar with the investigation, one who is directly connected to the investigation and the other a New Jersey lawyer who has been told of the case, said that the broad outlines of the new inquiry are similar to the 2017 case. Both said that the new investigation involves an entirely different group of people, however.

Read more: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/25/2022/senator-robert-menendez-under-investigation-again

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[nattyice]

1. This is why I've been voting against Menendez in the primaries

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. Influence peddling is a time honored tradition.

Just like cheating in baseball.

Of course he was going to do this again, there were no consequences the last time. There rarely seem to be consequences for anyone in powerful positions.

[aggiesal]

3. This won't make Alicia happy ☹️ n/t

[Bayard]

4. We don't need this right now

Rethugs will pounce on it.

[Omaha Steve]

6. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

This is pure speculation based on rumor. Source is questionable too.

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