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Friday, October 13th, 2023

Menendez accused of acting as foreign agent for Egypt while helming Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Author:     Erica Orden
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     10/12/2023 | 05:37 PM EDT
 Link: Menendez accused of acting as foreign agent for Egypt while helming Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stephan:  

I went through a lot of media in search of what I saw, and this is it. Menendez is an old-fashioned corruption. He’s on the Democrat side. On the Republican side, particularly in the House, you have… you know the list. What stands out for me is how is that people like this are still serving in Congress. And what that says when taken together is this is the level of corruption we tolerate. But it is also, this is about us, you and me. Culture is created by the aggregate of individual choices.

Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez departs the Capitol, on Sept. 28, 2023, in Washington.
Credit Alex Brandon/AP

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors accused Sen. Bob Menendez on Thursday of secretly acting as an agent of the government of Egypt while serving as the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, adding to the slate of criminal charges for which the New Jersey Democrat was indicted last month.

Prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office unveiled an updated indictment adding the charge of conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent, alleging that Menendez; his wife, Nadine Menendez; and a New Jersey businessman, Wael Hana, used his Senate position to benefit the government of Egypt without registering as foreign agents.

The new indictment comes three weeks after a federal grand jury charged all three — along with two other New Jersey businessmen — with conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and conspiracy to commit extortion. That set of charges also centered on Menendez’s alleged efforts to advocate for […]

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1 Comment

  1. Albus Eddie on Friday, October 13, 2023 at 7:17 am

    It may be that Senator Menendez is guilty. The evidence certainly appears damning. There have been a multiple calls for the good Senator to resign before any trial. When similar charges are made against Republicans they insist on the full process playing out, as is their right (double standard anyone?). I wonder if there was a Republican Governor in New Jersey if the calls for Menendez to resign would be so vociferous. I might also add that there has been discussion in New Jersey, by the Governor himself, of the Governor appointing his wife to the Senator’s seat should he resign. This is highly inappropriate (nepotism anyone?). The state’s marketing motto is “Anything can happen in New Jersey” and that’s exactly what we’re afraid of.