Does former Sen. Bob Menendez have anything to offer President Donald Trump that could prompt a pardon? Probably not.
Menendez, a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate for nearly two decades, was convicted last July on 16 federal felony counts related to a bribery scheme in a trial held in the U.S.
The Republican president signed the pardon on Monday and called the Democratic former governor “a very fine person” who “was ...
The former U.S. senator from New Jersey was convicted in July of accepting bribes including gold bars, cash, and a Mercedes-Benz.
Robert Menendez — Bob, as his attorney called him before the presiding judge — made a sob-soaked plea for mercy. Outside, on the courtroom steps, a defiant Menendez made a pitch to President ...
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) might be cozying up to President Donald Trump for a pardon after being sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking bribes and acting as an agent of Egypt.
After being sentenced to 11 years in federal prison on a bribery and corruption verdict, to whom can Bob Menendez turn? Donald Trump.
He’s a goldmine of hypocrisy. Disgraced former New Jersey senator Bob Menendez is saying “Trump was right” about political prosecutions in the wake of receiving an 11-year sentence in his ...
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Prosecutors had recommended 15 years, which his lawyers called "a life and death sentence" for the 71-year-old New Jersey Democrat.