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originally posted by: machineintelligence
I think the DOJ is using the Senator as the Judas Goat as in Leviticus 16:22. He is to take in all the DOJ inequity as far as working against the GOP unequally with lawfare. They will sacrifice a big old corrupt Senator to make their treatment seem more balanced. You can tell from the rhetoric coming from them when they announced the indictment against him. They detailed how not partisan this makes them look.
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: Sookiechacha
I'd melt that gold down and pour it in a few holes in the ground in Alaska, dig em up and claim to have found gold nuggets while on a hunting/fishing trip.
It looks like the wife tried to sell them with the stamps still visible. Didn't work. Make crappy jewelry out it and sell it for junk gold value.
I'm pretty upset now. The fact that the search warrant was executed June '22, means Menendez knew that an inditement would be coming down the line. He could have resigned the Chair position then and gotten a replacement, but didn't.
Now he's playing the victim. I really hate when politicians play the victim.
originally posted by: Threadbare
He needs to resign immediately.
originally posted by: Threadbare
He needs to resign immediately.
originally posted by: Threadbare
Menendez has just been hit with more charges. This time for being an unregistered agent of Egypt.
Continued at: thehill.com...
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was accused in a second superseding indictment Tuesday of accepting gifts from the Qatari government and for helping a New Jersey real estate developer obtain millions in investment funds from the Gulf country, adding to the former Senate Foreign Relations chairman’s legal woes.
The allegations add to the four criminal charges filed in September and October against the longtime New Jersey lawmaker. Menendez was charged with bribery, fraud, extortion and acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Egypt, with the new accusations adding the involvement of Qatar.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
Bob Menendez (Democrat) of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine, have been charged with conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
The 69-year-old senator and his wife "allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using Menendez’s power and influence as a senator to seek to protect and enrich Hana, Uribe, and Daibes and benefit the Government of Egypt," prosecutors said in a news release.
Menendez is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the indictment highlights Egypt being one of the largest recipients of U.S. foreign aid in the world. Between 2018 and 2022, government provided grans totaling more than $1 billion per year in military financing and military sales, according to the indictment.
Say it isn't so! A corrupt, bought and paid for Senator!? Who'd've thunk it?
Here's the kicker, the epitome of stupid, if you ask me...
The indictment describes $480,000 in cash, much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, was bound in Nadine Menendez’s safe deposit box. Pictures of jackets bearing Robert Menendez’s name, whose pockets were stuffed with cash, were included in the indictment.
More than $100,000 in gold bars were found at Menendez's home, which were allegedly provided by either Hana or Daibes, according to the indictment. Two of the bars were shown in pictures in the indictment.
WTF!
What were they thinking?
You're a long-seated Senator, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and you're stuffing your bribe money in clothes you put in a bank storage box? He couldn't buy a carwash or laundromat?
What did he think he was going to do with those gold bars? What did he think he could buy with them? Were they going to run off to some tropical island, get new identities and live in luxury till they die?
You guys can talk about the corruption, the politics of it, the international what-ifs, but all I can see is stellar stupidity and astounding naivete for such a crusty ole, New Jersey Senator!
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originally posted by: WeMustCare
originally posted by: Threadbare
Menendez has just been hit with more charges. This time for being an unregistered agent of Egypt.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
With this ADDITIONAL INDICTMENT, it is now EVEN MORE IMPERATIVE that Congressman BOB MENENDEZ be expelled/removed from the United States Senate, ASAP!
Continued at: thehill.com...
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was accused in a second superseding indictment Tuesday of accepting gifts from the Qatari government and for helping a New Jersey real estate developer obtain millions in investment funds from the Gulf country, adding to the former Senate Foreign Relations chairman’s legal woes.
The allegations add to the four criminal charges filed in September and October against the longtime New Jersey lawmaker. Menendez was charged with bribery, fraud, extortion and acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Egypt, with the new accusations adding the involvement of Qatar.
Much more at: theconservativetreehouse.com... nterests/#more-254373
Inside this rather weird story, the DOJ is now filing an additional indictment against Senator Bob Menendez for organizing a financing system for a U.S. business using investment funds from Qatar.
The business, likely the Edgewater development project (principal investor Fred Daibes), paid Senator Menendez an indulgency fee (bribe) for helping with the Qatari contacts, and then Qatar gave Bob Menendez perks for the end result.
Oh, the irony… Hunter and Joe Biden, not-so-much… I digress.
If you really look at this action by Main Justice, and you understand how all of the key politicians receive some form of compensation from Qatar, then suddenly you have to ask why is the DOJ singling out Menendez for something the entire Senate is doing?
originally posted by: WeMustCare
originally posted by: WeMustCare
originally posted by: Threadbare
Menendez has just been hit with more charges. This time for being an unregistered agent of Egypt.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
With this ADDITIONAL INDICTMENT, it is now EVEN MORE IMPERATIVE that Congressman BOB MENENDEZ be expelled/removed from the United States Senate, ASAP!
Continued at: thehill.com...
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was accused in a second superseding indictment Tuesday of accepting gifts from the Qatari government and for helping a New Jersey real estate developer obtain millions in investment funds from the Gulf country, adding to the former Senate Foreign Relations chairman’s legal woes.
The allegations add to the four criminal charges filed in September and October against the longtime New Jersey lawmaker. Menendez was charged with bribery, fraud, extortion and acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Egypt, with the new accusations adding the involvement of Qatar.