cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/842369
The indictment accuses Menendez and his wife of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using the senator’s power and influence to seek to protect and enrich the businessman.
He continued, “I have been falsely accused before because I refused to back down to the powers that be and the people of New Jersey were able to see through the smoke and mirrors and recognize I was innocent.”
A spokesperson for Hana also rejected the claims in the indictment, saying, “We are still reviewing the charges but based upon our initial review, they have absolutely no merit. Mr. Hana is expected to voluntarily return to the U.S. from Egypt and appear in court on Wednesday.”
I guess because he got away with it the first time he got a bit more brazen. I still can’t believe voters didn’t give him the boot. This was entirely predictable after the first trial.
it’s sad. jersey is my home state but corruption has been so rampant there for so long it’s just kind of accepted. mcgreevy, corzine, norcross, menendez, etc.
bill pascrell is the goat though !
That was the Trump-era midterms IIRC… He’s there now because he has a D next to his name. That’s about it.
They could have ditched him in the primary. I doubt it would have affected national politics much, aside from getting rid of one more corrupt bastard.