file photo Boyd Loving Senator Menendez at Ridgewood REORG
First on CNN: Feds prepare criminal corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez
By Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN
Updated 2:27 PM ET, Fri March 6, 2015
Washington (CNN)The Justice Department is preparing to bring criminal corruption charges against New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat, alleging he used his Senate office to push the business interests of a Democratic donor and friend in exchange for gifts.
People briefed on the case say Attorney General Eric Holder has signed off on prosecutors’ request to proceed with charges, CNN has learned exclusively. An announcement could come within weeks. Prosecutors are under pressure in part because of the statute of limitation on some of the allegations.
The case could pose a high-profile test of the Justice Department’s ability to prosecute sitting lawmakers, having already spawned a legal battle over whether key evidence the government has gathered is protected by the Constitution’s Speech and Debate clause.
https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/06/politics/robert-menendez-criminal-corruption-charges-planned/
I’am shocked just shocked that there is corruption going on.
Yes, this is so out of character for NJ. In all seriousness, this will probably not even make the national news, being that it’s such a regular occurrence.
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
You are known by the company you keep, Paul.
Judge a man by the company he keeps….
hey mayor and council start looking at the c b d , no one is removing the snow between the parking meeter’s . this is not safe. on the west side it was never cleaned. why, why, why .and don’t come back to us that it’s about the money. that’s a b s story and you know it. the village made around 800 grand from the meeter’s , so spend some of that to clean up. I don’t know who cleans up this but have them do this at night.
thanks the store owners ass,
so true ,,
Seems kind of coincidental- menendez has been screaming about not giving in to Iranian demands regarding their nuke program and going against party dogma- i’m no fan of the guy but the timing is very odd- holder’s last scalp- boxer’s hubby is becoming a billionaire based on insider govt contracts and they’re going after this guy-
apologies- meant feinstein- https://www.factcheck.org/2013/06/sen-feinsteins-husband-the-postal-service/
One can just picture Mayor A. seething at the choice made from among the all of the available photographs of Senator Menendez.
However uncivil it may sound, most people know that if you lay down with dogs, it’s flea city when you get up.
More significantly for the Mayor, does the Obama administration’s decision to throw Menendez under the bus indicate that the Chicago syndicate no longer has any use for the NNJ syndicate as a whole? Or is Obama’s ire being directed solely and simply toward the ‘top dog’?
time to out source this hole crew before they screw up this hole town.
Wonder if the Menendez rot extends down to Tommy Boy Rica and Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli ? They’ve been so fast to just outright dismiss the forensics accountant’s findings it’s sickening. Instead of $460,000 it was “at least $850,000” and they don’t even care. At least the Feds and the IRS on on their asses.
this new crew of so called council found a new saying , and that is ( out source ) that’s real nice for the village workers, they are showing they really give a hoot about any of them. you top managers show you have the backs of them.