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FBI investigating Sen. Bob Menendez for sleeping with underage Dominican
2013-01-27
Could have been worse, could have been an underage Benedictine...
Documents published online for the first time Thursday indicate that the FBI opened an inquiry into New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on August 1, 2012, focusing on repeated trips he took to the Dominican Republic with longtime campaign contributor and Miami eye doctor Salomon Melgen. TheDC reported in November that Menendez purchased the service of prostitutes in that Caribbean nation at a series of alcohol-fueled sex parties.
Could have been worse, the pro could have been a Rethuglican...
The documents, which The Daily Caller had obtained hours earlier from an anonymous source, also indicate that Carrie Levine, research director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), was alerted on April 9, 2012 to Menendez's habit of paying for sex while outside the United States.
Apparently it's not a crime in the Dominican Republic...
ABC News senior investigative producer Rhonda Schwartz was aware as early as May 2, 2012, the documents show, when Levine wrote a source in the Dominican Republic to say that she had "shared your allegations, but not your identities, with a respected, trusted journalist with whom we have worked on other stories."
Nothing for him to worry about. He's from Noo Joisey. What was that thing about being found in bed with a dead girl or a live boy?
That was Eddie Edwards and he was in Louisiana ... oh, okay, I get your point...
Posted by:Beavis

#12  (Not a rhetorical question: I'm curious) Why is the FBI involved? I didn't think we had any jurisdiction in the Dominican Republic.
Posted by: James   2013-01-27 20:46  

#11  And that surprises you, Pappy?

any thing with a D after its name gets a apass; others, notsomuch.
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2013-01-27 18:18  

#10  ABC's This Week had Senator Menendez on its program. Not one question about the FBI inquiry.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-01-27 17:50  

#9  I had that bumper sticker....
Edwin was crooked, but in a fairly benign way, especially compared with today's politicians.
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-01-27 17:29  

#8  The quote does originate from Louisiana, but Edwards (running against Klan/Nazi candidate David Duke, his supporters actually had bumper stickers proclaiming: "Vote for the crook - It's important" and it was) was merely quoting an earlier and more prominent demogogue, Huey Long (who may have stolen the quote from someone even earlier and more obscure).
Posted by: Odysseus   2013-01-27 10:10  

#7  ICE also pulled their expulsion of an illegal alien sex-offender Menendez-campaign volunteer til after the election. No corruption here
Posted by: Frank G   2013-01-27 10:03  

#6  Somehow Menendez was able to kick the can down the road until after the elections. Someone, cough, cough, such as BHO didn't want blowback.
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-01-27 09:25  

#5  An even less than nothing to see here moment, for sure.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2013-01-27 08:39  

#4  Isn't he the screwball donk who gave the Hildebeast that shameless, bootlicking introduction at the Benghazi ARB (Accountability Review Board) last week ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-01-27 03:37  

#3  he could always join the UN.
Or the Secret Service.
Posted by: Skidmark   2013-01-27 02:21  

#2  The MSM will portray Menendez as a victim and he will run for President as a Donk hero.

Think Jon Corzine who misplaced hundreds of millions of his clients funds at M F Global. He got a free pass.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2013-01-27 01:31  

#1  If the House won't have him, he could always join the UN.
Posted by: gorb   2013-01-27 00:30  

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