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2024-08-21 Government Corruption

NJ Sen. Bob Menendez resigns after corruption conviction last month

[NYPOST]

Disgraced Sen. Bob Menendez's lengthy career in office came to an end Tuesday — a little more than a month after he was convicted of doling out political favors in exchange for gold bar bribes and cash.

The 70-year-old New Jersey Democrat was convicted of 16 felonies for taking payola in exchange for using his powerful seat to meddle in investigations of three businessmen and the governments of Qatar
Qatar

...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
and Egypt.

The longtime pol — who faces over 200 years behind bars at his Oct. 29 sentencing — had previously announced his plan to step down on Aug. 20, which is payday for Senate staff and members.

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