Disgraced Democrat, former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, has started an 11-year prison sentence at FCI Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, for federal bribery convictions. Menedez was convicted in 2024 for accepting cash, gold bars, and a luxury car from agents of the Egyptian government in exchange for political favors. After the conviction, Menendez resigned from the Senate after serving since 2006.
Despite the damniung evidence, Menedex maintained his innocence, and claimed political targeting due to his opposition to Obama’s policies and sought a pardon from President Trump. In response to his desperate attempt to escape prosecution, former Assemblyman John Wisniewski dismissed Menendez’s claims as baseless, reiterating that his conviction stemmed from clear evidence of bribery, not political disagreements.
Reacting to the sentence, Bob Menendez said, “I am far from a perfect man. I have made more than my share of mistakes and bad decisions. I’ve done far more good than bad.” Building on this point, he added, “This process is political and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.”
Slaming the corrupt Democrat, Wisniewski reacted, “He was always a government legislator, but he was also a political boss, and you did not cross Bob Menendez lightly or without any fear repercussions.” Continuing his condemnation, he stated, “Whether or not Bob Menendez liked Barack Obama’s policies or Joe Biden’s policies, the president has even more power than the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee.”
Concluding his epic demolition, he said that his defence was”..A little simplistic … childish to say that he was convicted because of that. He was convicted because he took bribes of gold and hundreds of thousands of dollars stuffed in his bathrobe.”
As we reported, documents from the Department of Justice (DOJ) shed light on the corruption case. It read, “Shortly after MENENDEZ began dating his now-wife Nadine Menendez, then known as Nadine Arslanian (“Nadine Menendez”), in 2018, Nadine introduced MENENDEZ to her long-time friend HANA, who is originally from Egypt. HANA lived in New Jersey, and maintained close connections with Egyptian officials.”
The release explained, “Between 2018 and 2022, MENENDEZ and Nadine Menendez agreed to and did accept hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes. These bribes included gold, cash, a luxury convertible, payments toward Nadine Menendez’s home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job for Nadine Menendez, home furnishings, and other things of value. ”
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Danielle R. Sassoon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, stated, “he sentences imposed today result from an egregious abuse of power at the highest levels of the Legislative Branch of the federal government. Robert Menendez was trusted to represent the United States and the State of New Jersey, but instead he used his position to help his co-conspirators and a foreign government, in exchange for bribes like cash, gold, and a luxury car. The sentences imposed today send a clear message that attempts at any level.”