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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on Menendez to resign after the jury’s decision. “In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” said Schumer.

Well when you've lost the the support of someone as honest and honorable as Chucky there's no coming back from it.
Hopefully he rots in prison where he belongs.

In the batter box, Nadine Menendez, who sadly was JUST diagnosed with breast cancer 60 days ago...
Newspaper reports during the trial had Bobby throwing her under the bus, should be an interesting round II

The judge for the Nadine Menendez case has announced that the case will be delayed indefinitely.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politi...efinitely-rcna162108

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The judge for the Nadine Menendez case has announced that the case will be delayed indefinitely.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politi...efinitely-rcna162108

Justice Served!

Yet the house booted George Santos over accusations. Can’t the senate vote to kick him out ? Honestly what do these dems need to have somebody do to show a spine and kick a member out.

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Yet the house booted George Santos over accusations. Can’t the senate vote to kick him out ? Honestly what do these dems need to have somebody do to show a spine and kick a member out.

I think they can too but Chucky doesn't want this type of publicity right around campaign season time.
Schumer must have been missing his envelope with his cut to be that pissed at the guy. I guess gold bars are harder to send through the mail.

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And he's goooooone!

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And he's goooooone!

Not quite yet... but we're counting the days.

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“In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” said Schumer.

Menendez broke a cardinal rule of Democrat ethics: Don't get caught.


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Not quite yet... but we're counting the days.

Do you think there's a Republican that stands a chance of taking this Senate seat?


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You earned it, Bob.

Menendez Sentenced to Eleven Years in Prison

Former Democrat Senator Bob Menendez, 71, sobbed in court as he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery and corruption.

Prosecutors asked SDNY Judge Sidney Stein to sentence Menendez to 15 years in prison.

Bob Menendez’s lawyers initially asked for a 2-year sentence, however, after they changed it to 8 years after the judge sentenced the former lawmaker’s co-conspirators to 7 years and 8 years respectively.

Menendez sobbed as he begged Judge Stein to have mercy on him.

Judge Stein eviscerated Bob Menendez and called him a corrupt politician.

The judge sentenced Menendez to 11 years. This is pretty much a life sentence for 71-year-old Menendez.

The judge did not impose a fine on Menendez.

Menendez’s co-conspirators were sentenced to prison on Wednesday. Wael Hana was sentenced to 8 years and Fred Daibes was sentenced to 7 years.

Menendez resigned on August 20 after then-Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other powerful Democrats pressured him to step down following his conviction.

New Jersey’s Democrat Governor Phil Murphy appointed his former Chief of Staff George Helmy to temporarily replace Menendez for the remainder of the term. In November Democrat Andy Kim won the senate election to serve with Cory Booker.

“While I fully intend to appeal the jury’s verdict, all the way and including to the Supreme Court, I do not want the Senate to be involved in a lengthy process that will detract from its important work,” Menendez wrote in his resignation letter to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.

“Furthermore, I cannot preserve my rights upon a successful appeal, because factual matters before the ethics committee are not privileged,” Menendez wrote.

“I am proud of the many accomplishments I’ve had on behalf of New Jersey, such as leading the federal effort for Superstorm Sandy recovery, preserving and funding Gateway and leading the federal efforts to help save our hospitals, State and municipalities, as well as New Jersey families through a once in a century COVID pandemic,” Menendez wrote.

Last summer convicted Senator Bob Menendez on all bribery and corruption charges.

The jury returned the verdict following a 9-week trial. Menendez did not testify.

In October 2023 Bob Menendez was charged with acting as a foreign agent in a superseding indictment.

The indictment filed by a federal grand jury in Manhattan claims Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.”

Menendez was previously hit with a second superseding indictment for praising Qatar in exchange for luxury watches.

Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine Menendez were charged with obstruction of justice in an 18-count indictment.

Special agents discovered $500,000 of cash stuffed into envelopes in closets. “Some of the cash was stuffed in the Senator’s jacket pockets. Menendez’s wife Nadine Menendez was given a “no-show” or “low-show” job, a Mercedes Benz and other things of value, US Attorney Damian Williams said last year.

“This case has always been about shocking levels of corruption, hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, a Mercedes Benz. This wasn’t politics as usual, this was politics for profit. And now that a jury has convicted Bob Menendez, his years of selling his office to the highest bidder have finally come to an end,” US Attorney Damian Williams said outside the courthouse in Manhattan last year.

Nadine Menendez is set to be sentenced in March.

Ever notice it's always Dem politicians who always end up going to jail?

Woah. When’s the last time a senator went to prison?

It's been more than forty years. Someone went to the pokey in the early 1980s as a result of Abscam.

Caught in Abscam:

Of the 31 targeted officials, the following members of Congress were convicted of bribery and conspiracy in 1981:
US Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) - New Jersey no less!!!
-- "Williams served two years of his three-year sentence at a federal penitentiary in Newark"
US Representative Frank Thompson (D-NJ)
US Representative John Jenrette (D-SC)
US Representative Raymond Lederer (D-PA)
US Representative Michael Myers (D-PA)
US Representative John M. Murphy (D-NY)
US Representative Richard Kelly (R-FL)

Five other government officials were convicted, including
Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, Angelo Errichetti (D)
Philadelphia, PA City Council President George X. Schwartz (D)
Philadelphia, PA City Councilman Harry Jannotti (D)
Philadelphia, PA City Councilman Louis Johanson (D)
An inspector for the US Immigration and Naturalization Service

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Seems like a light sentence, given that they could always add on tax evasion for the bribe money. No parole in the federal system, but I think they have credits for good behavior.

He's 71. He may die in prison.

However many years he ends up serving, spending the rest of his days in prison is the sentence he deserves.

Not a Bureau of Prisons expert, but guessing that 11 years = no way BOP is designating him to a camp or a "Low" facility as a starter. Real prison behind real razor wire with real-prison drama.