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Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey indicted on federal bribery charges (ETA: FARA charges added)

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"NJ deserves better. We cannot jeopardize the Senate or compromise our integrity,”

That ship already sailed. It doesn't seem that N.J. really deserves better.
How did you determine that?
 
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How did you determine that?
The saying goes: "we always get the government we deserve "

NJ has had oodles of chances to vote out the distinguished gentleman from the Garden State, everyone knows he hasn't been a choir boy; apparently the citizens must like the bennies too much.
 
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The saying goes: "we always get the government we deserve "

NJ has had oodles of chances to vote out the distinguished gentleman from the Garden State, everyone knows he hasn't been a choir boy; apparently the citizens must like the bennies too much.

Speaking for myself, I've been reserving judgment until he was convicted by a jury of his peers. Rumors aren't the same thing as a jury trial. Now he's been convicted by a jury. That makes a difference.
 
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The saying goes: "we always get the government we deserve "

NJ has had oodles of chances to vote out the distinguished gentleman from the Garden State, everyone knows he hasn't been a choir boy; apparently the citizens must like the bennies too much.
Ha! No one likes bennies (spoken as someone who worked the boardwalk in Seaside Heights over multiple summers).
 
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Speaking for myself, I've been reserving judgment until he was convicted by a jury of his peers. Rumors aren't the same thing as a jury trial. Now he's been convicted by a jury. That makes a difference.
This isn't Menendez' first corruption rodeo, just saying.
 
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Do you think Trump will wait until before or after the sentencing to issue a pardon?
I'm afraid Trump and his followers are perfectly happy when the DOJ carries out political witchfare against Democrats.
 
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I'm afraid Trump and his followers are perfectly happy when the DOJ carries out political witchfare against Democrats.

Yep. Prosecution of democrats = justice. Prosecution of republicans = persecution, weaponization. :swoon:
 
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Menendez is a Democrat. Why would Trump pardon him?
Trump supported him when the charges were first announced. Trump seems to have a soft spot for those convicted of political corruption.
 
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The man had gold bars for goodness sakes. Are you saying he's not guilty?
No, nobody on the left is screaming about weaponized prosecutions, witch hunts and lawfare. I should have thought the dichotomy would help even the simplest soul see the double standard.
 
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No, nobody on the left is screaming about weaponized prosecutions, witch hunts and lawfare. I should have thought the dichotomy would help even the simplest soul see the double standard.
I guess you didn't hear all the whining from Democrats about the House Oversight's investigation of Biden, I believe all those terms were used
 
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Menendez is a Democrat. Why would Trump pardon him?
He wants to invest in gold. Trump heard the "distinguished gentleman from New Jersey" has a closet full
 
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I guess you didn't hear all the whining from Democrats about the House Oversight's investigation of Biden, I believe all those terms were used
The halcyon days of reading about “shell companies”, like they had been founded in the Pits of Heck?
Good times!
 
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