file photo by Boyd Loving
April 27,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Washington DC, Yesterday, the Senate Ethics committee released a Public Letter of Admonition signed unanimously by both Republicans and Democrats to Senator Bob Menendez that, after a thorough and complete investigation, concluded his actions violated federal law, violated Senate Rules, and brought discredit upon the Senate.
“The Committee has determined that this conduct violated Senate Rules, federal law, and applicable standards of conduct. Accordingly, the Committee issues you this Public Letter of Admonition, and also
directs you to repay the fair market value of all impermissible gifts not already repaid,” read the letter signed by both Republican and Democrat members.
“Both Democrats and Republicans that make up the Bipartisan Senate Ethics Committee have found that Senator Bob Menendez violated Federal law and ethics rules. He is an embarrassment to our state and it is time for him to resign,” said Hugin.
Bob Hugin, a Marine Corps Veteran and business leader who has created thousands of New Jersey jobs, is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate to challenge incumbent Democrat Senator Bob Menendez
Who is the person behind him with the deer caught in the headlights look?
Pols who commit ethical lapses need to support each other at press conferences.
Hugin is hardly in a position to accuse anyone of ethical lapses:
Last summer, Celgene paid $280 million to settle a lawsuit that charged it committed fraud by re-purposing a leprosy drug for unapproved cancer treatments and that it filed false claims with Medicare.
Celgene also made news last year for “aggressively” raising prices on cancer drugs during Hugin’s leadership and was cited in a Bloomberg report for keeping more than three-quarters of its cash overseas.
“I intend to do everything in my power to be sure people in New Jersey know that Bob Hugin made millions by exploiting people fighting cancer and taking advantage of poor people on Medicare,” David Mitchell, a cancer patient who took a Celgene drug and founded the organization Patients for Affordable Drugs, said in a statement. “Bob Hugin is the very definition of a robber baron — a ruthless and unscrupulous businessman.”
https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/02/13/republican-hugin-launches-senate-candidacy-says-hes-embarrassed-by-menendez-249887
Menendez was raised in the Hudson County Democrat machine, he avoids scandals like Teflon Don Gotti.
Birds of a feather.