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| Subject: Hang the leech: Jury to decide fate of US senator in corruption & bribery trial Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:08 am | |
| The judge overseeing the corruption case involving US Senator Bob Menendez said he won’t dismiss any of the charges against the New Jersey Democrat. Menendez is facing 12 federal charges, including bribery, conspiracy and fraud.
Prosecutors say that Menendez accepted free flights on a private jet and other gifts from a wealthy Florida doctor in exchange for lobbying the government on his friend’s behalf and securing improper Medicare reimbursements. On Monday, US District Judge William Walls rejected the defense lawyers’ motion to drop the charges. Menendez’s defense team argued the charges did not meet the narrow definition of bribery established by the 2016 US Supreme Court ruling that reversed the conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.
https://www.rt.com/usa/406899-senator-menendez-corruption-trial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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