Feds fire back at Robert Menendez’s effort to get corruption charges dismissed
*Sen. Menendez says he was unjustly treated in an investigation over allegations he had sex with underage prostitutes. But the Justice Department says the investigation was about political corruption, not about sex with prostitutes. It’s a tangled web. VL
U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors released new details on Monday in the corruption case against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who claims he was unfairly targeted and treated unjustly.
[pullquote]“The indictment here, of course, charges only corruption and does not include any allegations of soliciting underage prostitution.”[/pullquote]Menendez had filed motions saying the case stemmed from inaccurate and “easily disprovable” reports that he and Dominican doctor Salomon Melgen, the senator’s friend and political donor, had sex with underage prostitutes.
But federal prosecutors shot back – saying Menendez was not improperly investigated for allegedly accepting bribes from Melgen, a wealthy Florida eye doctor and longtime friend of Menendez.
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