Menendez Indicted

[Glenn Quagmire]

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/floridas-third-senator-bob-menendez-116603.html?hp=t1_r

"On Wednesday afternoon, Menendez was indicted along with one of those donors his close friend Salomon E. Melgen on multiple counts of bribery, honest-services fraud and conspiracy. Menendez and Melgen, a West Palm Beach ophthalmologist, pleaded not guilty.
With a private jet and homes that stretched from the Palm Beach area to the exclusive Casa de Campo enclave in the Dominican Republic, Melgen is well-known in South Florida as an almost miracle-working eye doctor. U.S. taxpayers helped him; in 2012, he billed Medicare for more money than any other physician in the nation $21 million. Auditors have claimed that Melgen has overbilled the program, especially when it comes to the anti-macular degeneration drug called Lucentis."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/floridas-third-senator-bob-menendez-116603.html#ixzz3W9N2DinW

 

[jimntx]

A crooked politician?  I'm shocked!  Shocked, I tell you!

 

[Ms Tree]

I am trying to imagine the level of arrogance required for a public figure to believe that they can get away with a crime like this. It's just mind boggling.

 

[eolesen]

Hmmm. How much attention will Hillary's involvement get?

Menendez also petitioned then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her chief of staff on behalf of yet another member of the Isaias family, Estefanía Isaías, while her father and uncle fought their extradition, the Times reported. Menendez and his staff also emailed and called officials with Homeland Security and the consulate in Ecuador.
Estefanía Isaías wanted to work for Miami political and media consultant Freddy Balsera, an Obama campaign consultant, but U.S. officials blocked her entry into the country because she was accused of “alien smuggling” for allegedly bringing two maids into the U.S. under false pretenses. The family says that was a misunderstanding.
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The Obama administration ultimately allowed Estefanía Isaías entry into the U.S. and has allowed her father and uncle to stay in the country as well.

 

[MCI transplant]

They most have come in on Obama Air, with the rest of the new arrivals,------ all non-revs!