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.
First on CNN: Feds prepare criminal corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez - CNN.com
Color me surprized. I didn't think the Holder Justice Department would ever go after a fellow Democrat. Certainly not a sitting senator, anyway.
On the other hand, let's see if they actually file the charges.
I don't understand why you think Holder wouldn't do his job as the chief law enforcer? Would you expect a Republican to only prosecute Democrats?
First on CNN: Feds prepare criminal corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez - CNN.com
Color me surprized. I didn't think the Holder Justice Department would ever go after a fellow Democrat. Certainly not a sitting senator, anyway.
On the other hand, let's see if they actually file the charges.
First on CNN: Feds prepare criminal corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez - CNN.com
Color me surprized. I didn't think the Holder Justice Department would ever go after a fellow Democrat. Certainly not a sitting senator, anyway.
On the other hand, let's see if they actually file the charges.
The plane trips I get, but the rest of it is a slippery slope. In an alternate scenario, if a Senator from Washington or Illinois advocates for something that benefits Boeing and someone at Boeing makes a big donation, is that really corruption? Shouldn't representatives actually be able to advocate for the businesses in their district/state and those businesses be able to support the people who support them?
Both sides are corrupt as hell. So for people on either side aisle to gloat over corruption charges against the other side is both sad and funny.
Heya Declan :2wave: Menendez can fight this and outlast BO peeps term til he hits pasture and then becomes the Most Insignificant Former President we ever had.
Looks like BO peep and his inner circle will have to figure out another way to remove Menendez from blocking his Iranian deal and play with Cuba.
Feels more like they realized their record of only bringing charges against republicans was so glaringly obvious, they had to find a sacrificial lamb. These are really bad cases. I think just about every former governor and attorney general in VA said McDonell did not break any laws and yet here he is on the way to jail because he used a telephone and the internet to do something the Justice Department turned into a crime that wasn't a crime beforehand.
I don't understand why you think Holder wouldn't do his job as the chief law enforcer? Would you expect a Republican to only prosecute Democrats?
Menendez stepped over the line, with everything that's been alleged previously, when he heaped praise on Netanyahu and indicated he was in favor of renewed sanctions on Iran. That's playing for the wrong team, I think. Obama is very serious about his deal with Iran.
Heya Declan :2wave: Menendez can fight this and outlast BO peeps term til he hits pasture and then becomes the Most Insignificant Former President we ever had.
Looks like BO peep and his inner circle will have to figure out another way to remove Menendez from blocking his Iranian deal and play with Cuba.
Has Holder ever gone after a prominent Democrat before? I know that there has been no action on the IRS, and he backs up Obama on everything, even amnesty for illegals.
Didn't take long for this thread to turn into a Conspiratorial BO peeps is mad at Menendez over Iran spew.
Never mind that the Federal investigation has been going on for several months in front of a grand jury.
Did you even notice that Menendez excoriated McConnell for trying to advance the DEM sanctions bill before the Iran talks are done?
But heh, carry on with your anti-Obama noise, even though your fellow righties in this thread aren't with you; kudos to them .
Menendez stepped over the line, with everything that's been alleged previously, when he heaped praise on Netanyahu and indicated he was in favor of renewed sanctions on Iran. That's playing for the wrong team, I think. Obama is very serious about his deal with Iran.
Glad you can figure out what BO peep is bit miffed about.....we knew you could do it.
Since it will be the grand jury that indicts or not.
And this investigation has been going on for a very long time.
Do you even know what it is about?
Watch Menendez next hour in his news conference .
First on CNN: Feds prepare criminal corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez - CNN.com
Color me surprized. I didn't think the Holder Justice Department would ever go after a fellow Democrat. Certainly not a sitting senator, anyway.
On the other hand, let's see if they actually file the charges.
Enough votes in both houses to implement sanctions which they as I understand can do. The Senate would have enough Dems to override a veto.
The thing is, would the other countries continue with sanctions?
SMTA said:LowDown said:Color me surprized. I didn't think the Holder Justice Department would ever go after a fellow Democrat. Certainly not a sitting senator, anyway.
On the other hand, let's see if they actually file the charges.
You whine when they do, and complain when they don't.
Hyperbolic hypocrisy at it's finest.
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