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发帖数: 29846 | 1 New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez indicted on corruption charges
Published April 01, 2015Associated Press
Sen. Bob Menendez has been charged with using his office to improperly
benefit a Florida eye doctor and political donor.
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted the New Jersey Democrat on
charges including conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud.
Prosecutors had been investigating whether Menendez improperly advocated for
the business interests of Dr. Salomon Melgen, including by intervening on
the doctor's behalf in a medical billing dispute.
Menendez has acknowledged that he flew on Melgen's private plane to the
Dominican Republic and failed at first to properly pay for the trips. He
later made reimbursements.
Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has
previously said he's done nothing wrong and that he and Melgen have been
close friends for a long time. |
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