https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/01/31/menendez-rushes-to-pay-private-jet-tab-after-fbi-raid/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 20:10:37 -0400<![CDATA[&#8220;Wonderful things, subpoenas,&#8221; Wilford Brimley said in Absence of Malice, after the threat of one broke the silence of conspirators in the film&#8217;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 Bob Menendez suddenly remembered that he owed nearly $60,000 to Melgen for private-jet flights to the Dominican Republic:]]>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:01:26 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/01/31/menendez-rushes-to-pay-private-jet-tab-after-fbi-raid-n204363