Bob Menendez facing charges
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The weaponization of the DOJ is astounding!!!
He got off from his last bribery charge, no reason the DOJ can't dismiss these charges as well.
Two-tier justice system: DC politicians and everyone else.
You worried that “if the charges stick” he might try to serve out his term while in prison? If he’s convicted of everything he will likely spend the rest of his sorry ass life in prison.
Yeah, it shows me another politician will get special treatment just like he did last time. It appears the DOJ has him red handed. Yet, he refuses to resign. Probably because he knows nothing will happen to him.
Two-tiered system: DC politicians and everyone else.
Well he went on trial in Federal Court before and the jury couldn't come to a verdict (10-2 to acquit, mistrial) .... not sure how that equates to special treatment.
DOJ then dropped all charges. Trump's DOJ as well, and Trump commuted Melgen's 17 year sentence. Maybe I am just cynical.
Barbara Van Gelder, a lawyer who specializes in white-collar crimes, predicted the department would put Menendez back on trial.
Public integrity prosecutors “would rather lose than drop a case, so they’ll probably go back and streamline their case, and next time be a lot more precise and surgical in terms of evidence,’’ she said. “Once you blur business with friendship, it’s very hard to ask the jury to untangle that. . . . The jury is looking for a concrete quid pro quo, not just a plausible quid pro quo."
Although mistrials are generally considered wins for defense lawyers and losses for prosecutors, the Justice Department will probably feel significant internal pressure to put the senator on trial again, because recent Supreme Court decisions have raised questions about how much legal authority prosecutors still have in pursuing corruption charges involving payments not explicitly linked to official acts.
Some legal experts have warned that a defeat for the government in the Menendez case could make prosecutors more reluctant to pursue public corruption cases in the future.
A guilty verdict, on the other hand, could have had major ramifications in the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow majority. If Menendez had been convicted, there would probably have been pressure on him to resign, or for fellow senators to expel him. If his seat had become vacant before mid-January, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) would have been able to appoint his successor, probably turning a Democratic seat Republican until a November 2018 midterm election. But it was not clear that even if Menendez had been convicted, he and his fellow Democrats would have gone along with his ouster.
Must be fake news. We have posters that say Democratic politicians don't get prosecuted.
Menendez is almost qualified to become Trump's new running mate. They both can claim to be RINOs.
Bob bows out...but only sort of.
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