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Common
10-16-2017, 02:37 PM
Menendez has been cocky throughout the investigation and since the indictment. Its apparent that he thought he had nothing to worry about.
Today changed all that for him. Just in case the left tries to blame trump, this investigation started long before trump won the election

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is on trial for a slew of corruption and bribery charges and today was the day he was hoping that all, or at least some, would be tossed by the judge. That hope burned to ash, as Judge William H. Walls decided not to dismiss any of the 18 charges lobbed against Menendez by federal prosecutors (via Star-Ledger (http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/10/judge_wont_dismiss_menendez_bribery_charges.html)) :


A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss any of the 18 criminal counts against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, clearing the way for the pair's bribery trial to enter the defense phase.
Defense attorneys had argued a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the conviction of former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell narrowed the scope of federal bribery law to exclude the acts with which Menendez and Melgen were charged.
U.S. District Judge William H. Walls had postponed ruling on a motion to dismiss until after hearing all the evidence put forward by the prosecution, which rested Wednesday after six weeks of testimony in Newark.
[…]
Menendez, the senior Democratic senator from New Jersey, has maintained his innocence since April 2015, when the Justice Department first announced an indictment accusing him and Melgen of swapping government favors for lavish gifts.


Menendez’s fellow Democratic colleagues are rather mum about the whole case, often employing evasive maneuvers (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/09/08/run-senate-democrats-head-for-the-hills-when-asked-about-menendez-corruption-fiasco-n2378868) about whether he should resign if convicted. The senator’s legal defense team have taken rather desperate measures, even describing the whole prosecution as “anti-Hispanic (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/09/08/menendezs-lawyers-say-corruption-trial-is-antihispanic-n2378564),” which fell flat because anyone with cognitive function knows that’s just ludicrous. The number of Jersey voters who want Menendez gone if convicted has spiked as well—from 50 percent (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/09/18/is-this-why-50-percent-of-nj-voters-want-menendez-gone-n2382111) to 84 percent (http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/352321-poll-most-in-nj-want-menendez-to-resign-if-found-guilty) in September alone. The embattled Democrat also tried to request special time to vote in the Senate, another request that was rejected by Walls, who said that Menendez’s job was no different than that of a cab driver.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/10/16/federal-judge-to-menendez-im-not-tossing-any-of-your-corruption-charges-n2395805

DGUtley
10-16-2017, 02:39 PM
He has a problem.

Grokmaster
10-16-2017, 03:30 PM
When he has to step down(and he will have to), ...Christie gets to name his successor...how sweet it is...another GOP US Senator...

Green Arrow
10-16-2017, 04:23 PM
He has a problem.

No, he IS the problem. Sleazebags like him need to go.

Green Arrow
10-16-2017, 04:24 PM
When he has to step down(and he will have to), ...Christie gets to name his successor...how sweet it is...another GOP US Senator...

Right up until the next election, anyway.

Common
10-16-2017, 05:24 PM
He has a problem.
The prosecutors want him badly for some reason. I believe they know things hes done they cant prosecute for. They really want him, they arent giving him or his defense an inch.

Bethere
10-16-2017, 06:48 PM
He has a problem.

Perhaps not.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_v._United_States

Grokmaster
10-16-2017, 07:40 PM
Perhaps not.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_v._United_States


Wiki? Again?

Grokmaster
10-16-2017, 07:40 PM
Right up until the next election, anyway.
Or beyond.

Green Arrow
10-16-2017, 09:38 PM
Or beyond.

New Jersey is a blue state in terms of the U.S. Congress. That's not likely to change any time soon.

Grokmaster
10-17-2017, 12:15 AM
New Jersey is a blue state in terms of the U.S. Congress. That's not likely to change any time soon.

Yeah, they had democrat governors forever, too; until they didn't.

They might not be so anxious to send another apple from the same rotten barrel as Menendez to represent them again...

Bethere
10-17-2017, 12:19 AM
Wiki? Again?

Yep.

Grokmaster
10-17-2017, 12:25 AM
Yep.

Unreliable source as is well known. Can still be edited by about anyone...

Green Arrow
10-17-2017, 06:29 AM
Yeah, they had democrat governors forever, too; until they didn't.

They might not be so anxious to send another apple from the same rotten barrel as Menendez to represent them again...

They will, especially after Christie’s abject failure to lead.

Common
10-17-2017, 09:21 AM
They will, especially after Christie’s abject failure to lead.

New Jersey is a democrat state, they will not have another republican gov for a long time. Christie is a worthless pile of flubber, hes a crook a liar and he did nothing for NJ but try to use it as a springboard. Hes the most loathed Gov in the country and that includes many republicans that voted for him.

The republican candidate cannot win and if Christie replaces Menendez with a GOP they will lose the seat in 2018. Thats just the truth

Grokmaster
10-17-2017, 11:52 AM
We'll see....

Green Arrow
10-17-2017, 12:18 PM
We'll see....

Yes, we will. We’ll also see how well you handle admitting when you’re wrong.

Tahuyaman
10-17-2017, 03:50 PM
Perhaps not.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_v._United_States

He's finished. I know that upsets you, but you're going to have to get over it.