Menendez trial: An Obama failure to punish an enemy

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November 17, 2017
Menendez trial: An Obama failure to punish an enemy
By Monica Showalter

Bad as the 18 corruption charges against New Jersey's Sen. Bob Menendez were, the original motive behind the Justice Department's prosecution against him was worse.  That's worth remembering as the news of his hung-jury trial probably amounts to an acquittal, given that most jurors (8-2) thought the charges of funds for favors were unproven, and prosecutors may be reluctant to retry against those odds.

According to the New York Daily News:

    Prosecutors assembled a mountain of evidence that Menendez traded hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and campaign contributions from a scam-artist Florida ophthalmologist for official favors. No conviction.

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    From the Article:

Policy-wise, Menendez wasn't that bad as Democrats go.  He was against Obama's Iran deal, something cooked up by Ben Rhodes and shoved down our throats with admitted lies to ensure that Obama left with some sort of legacy, even as the whole thing meant selling America down the river.  The deal's secret flights loaded with billions in cash, drug-dealer-style, for the mullahs' benefit, have only served to embolden the Iranians as the cash has since made its way to arms and mayhem.

Menendez also opposed Obama's sellout to Cuba, forking over good relations with the Castro brothers in late 2014 in exchange for nothing.  Since then, horrible repressive measures have been taken against dissidents, something Obama and the ever garrulous Rhodes have been silent about.

   I remember this well, thought it quite odd at the time, vindictive little Ba$tard, that obummer.

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People don't The FBI doesn't like Latinos, like Menendez and Cruz and Rubio.

At least, that's what Menendez said but at first, he just said the Government was after him.

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Remember how we heard Netanyahu's wife was going to be indicted? I haven't see one thing happen on that.

Allegations against Netanyahu were a bit like these.

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Ethics committee is probably going to look at Menendez, that's something.... and perhaps more proper than the criminal charges, yes, he looks like he did something wrong with that Opthamologist, still, 8 or 10 jurors finding no wrongdoing is pretty good.