and they were totally bogus. The two "prostitutes" admitted under oath that they were paid to make the claim. It is sad that the media didn't do a good job of investigating who created the bogus scandal in the first place. The two girls, not sure if they were actual prostitutes or not (prostitution is legal in DR) appeared on some right-wing radio show and made their claims. That was after an anonymous claim was made to CREW that Menendez had gone to DR to sleep with prostitutes at the home of this DR. When CREW investigated they couldn't find anything and the anonymous source failed to provide any additional info and refused to give identifying info or cooperate with the investigation. When the investigation didn't go forward, another anonymous claim was made to CREW that one of the girls was underage. That led to right wing media screaming an investigation of pedophilia. That was timed to coincide with the two girls appearing on the radio show.
Interestingly, this all happened not long after Hurricaine Sandy when Chris Christie was being described as the front-runner for potus 2016. Sen Menendez would have caused problems for Christie due to his actions when he was US Prosecutor for NJ. Christie was behind an "October Surprise" for Menendez. In October of the year Menendez first ran for Senate, Christie issued a subpoena for Menendez over alleged financial wrongdoings. Of course, after the election nothing ever came of it, he was cleared. It was later discovered during the investigation of Bush's firing of US Attorneys that Christie was on the list of "to be fired" US Attorneys. Just after he issued the subpoena for Menendez, his name was removed from the list.
Menendez and this Dr. are friends, and have been for some time. Taking some vacation days at a friends house in the DR isn't a big deal.
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