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WaPo: Federal grand jury has opened probe of Menendez

Ed Morrissey — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:01:14 +0000

Prostituting the office.

Looks like that pushback on the prostitution angle of the Robert Menendez scandal didn’t cut him any slack with federal prosecutors. The Washington Post reported early this morning that a federal grand jury in Miami has begun a probe of the new chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, putting the Democrat in a tough [...]

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Menendez rushes to pay private-jet tab after FBI raid

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:01:26 +0000

“I’m chalking it up to an oversight.”

“Wonderful things, subpoenas,” Wilford Brimley said in Absence of Malice, after the threat of one broke the silence of conspirators in the film’s climax. We can add FBI raids to that list of wonderful catalysts. After discovering that the FBI had raided the offices of his frequent travel companion and campaign donor Salomon Melgen, Senator [...]

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FBI raids offices of doctor linked to Menendez travel, prostitution allegations

Ed Morrissey — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:01:28 +0000

Consider the sources.

It seems the FBI still has some interest in the allegations surrounding Senator Bob Menendez and his travel to the Dominican Republic. Late last night, the Miami Herald’s Marc Caputo reported that the FBI conducted a raid on the offices of Dr. Salomon Melgen, who has been linked to allegations that Menendez frequented prostitutes on [...]

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