Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Federal authorities issued a new superseding indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez Tuesday, accusing the former head of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee of accepting bribes to benefit both the government of Qatar and a friend who was looking to hook a Qatari investor for …
Read More »Federal Authorities Accuse Sen. Menendez Of Acting As Foreign Agent
Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor Federal authorities unveiled a superseding indictment Thursday against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez accusing the senator of acting as a foreign agent for Egypt while serving as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York alleges Menendez, …
Read More »Menendez Urged To Step Down By a Growing Number Of U.S. Senate Democrats
Ariana Figueroa, Wisconsin Examiner More than two dozen U.S. Senate Democrats are calling on New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez to resign following his indictment on corruption charges for the second time. In a statement Tuesday, Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin called the charges against Menendez “deeply troubling” and said …
Read More »Sen. Menendez Pleads Not Guilty To Corruption, Bribery Charges
Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to three bribery and corruption charges in a New York federal courthouse Wednesday morning, days after an unsealed indictment alleged the senator received cash, gold bars, and a luxury car in exchange for his political influence. Menendez, a Democrat, was …
Read More »Sen. Cory Booker Calls On Sen. Menendez To Step Down
Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Cory Booker called on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign Tuesday, days after New Jersey’s senior senator was indicted on corruption charges for the second time. Booker had been the most high-profile Democrat in the state not to comment on Menendez’s indictment or call on …
Read More »Sen. Bob Menendez Rejects Calls To Resign, Vowing To Fight Federal Charges
Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey has rejected calls for his resignation following his indictment on federal bribery charges. In his first public comments on the allegations, Menendez maintained his innocence and vowed to fight the charges. “I recognize this will be the biggest fight yet,” Menendez said, adding, …
Read More »AOC Becomes First House Progressive to Call for Menendez Resignation
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday became the first progressive House Democrat to call on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign following the former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair’s indictment last week on federal bribery charges. Menendez (D-N.J.) and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were charged Friday with accepting hundreds of …
Read More »New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted For Second Time
Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor Federal authorities indicted U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez for the second time Friday, charging him with conspiracy to commit bribery and related offenses over his alleged aid to a North Jersey businessman and an attempt to disrupt criminal probes into allies. Menendez, a Democrat and New Jersey’s …
Read More »Senate Democrats Unveil Legislation To Ban High-Capacity Gun Magazines
Ariana Figueroa, New Jersey Monitor New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, along with 27 of his U.S. Senate colleagues, introduced legislation Tuesday to ban high-capacity magazines, which can be used on the type of semi-automatic firearm that is typically used in most mass shootings. “High-capacity magazines were designed for one …
Read More »U.S. Announces Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Winter Olympics
The US will not send any government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as part of a diplomatic boycott over alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by China. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed on Monday that while US athletes will still compete in next year’s Winter Olympics …
Read More »Blinken defends Afghanistan withdrawal in congressional hearing
Senators on Tuesday grilled Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan which Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. called “fatally flawed.” Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pledged to hold the Biden administration accountable for the U.S. exit from Afghanistan as Blinken testified before Congress for the …
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