For two years, Robert Menendez, one of the most prominent foreign-policy hawks in the Senate, has angrily dismissed allegations of a quid pro quo deal with a longtime friend and political donor as baseless. His staff has criticized reporters for even raising the issue, despite the widely known existence of an FBI probe into his ties to Salomon Melgen, a prominent Florida eye doctor.
Menendez may not be able to bottle up the story much longer: CNN and other media outlets reported Friday that the Justice Department is preparing to bring criminal corruption charges against the New Jersey Democrat in a …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
