Senator Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat who is the ranking member on the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, may soon face corruption charges, according to a report on CNN.
The report, which hasn’t been confirmed, claims that Attorney General Eric Holder has given Justice Department lawyers the green light to charge Menendez for engaging in a quid pro quo on behalf of a friend and campaign contributor who provided airline flights for the two-term Democrat.
At the center of the charges, according to CNN, is Menendez’s relations with Salomon Melges, a Florida ophthalmologist who Menendez reimbursed for $58,00 worth of plane …read more
Source: Newsweek
