Menendez Rants About Persecution In Floor Speech

January 9, 2024 Democrats, Scandal

The New Jersey Monitor reports:

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez again denied criminal charges that claim he accepted lavish bribes in exchange for his intercession in criminal prosecutions and on behalf of two foreign nations, saying in a speech to the U.S. Senate Tuesday that he is the victim of a prosecutorial vendetta.

Menendez, a Democrat, also unveiled a new defense that appeared tailored to his congressional colleagues, arguing allegations against him that claim he acted as a foreign agent risk exposing other members of Congress to criminal prosecution even in the absence of wrongdoing. “For the government, the sky is the limit if they want to pursue you,” he said.

Menendez has been accused of accepting cash, gold bars, jewelry, furniture, and a Mercedes Benz to use his position in the Senate — and as former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — to secure aid for three North Jersey businessmen and the nations of Egypt and Qatar.

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