{"id":2012503,"date":"2023-08-25T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-feds-weighing-criminal-charges-against-top-democrat-senator-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T19:44:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T23:44:13","slug":"breaking-feds-weighing-criminal-charges-against-top-democrat-senator-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-feds-weighing-criminal-charges-against-top-democrat-senator-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Democrat Senator Faces Potential Criminal Charges: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-feds-weighing-criminal-charges-against-top-democrat-senator-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012503&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>U.S. Department of Justice Considers Criminal Charges Against Senator Bob Menendez<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">bringing criminal charges<\/a> against Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) after an extensive corruption investigation, according to a new report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/prosecutors-weigh-charges-against-sen-bob-menendez-5c56755d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall\u200c Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that prosecutors are expected to meet with Menendez&#8217;s lawyers in the\u2063 coming weeks, indicating that they have gathered sufficient evidence \u2063to proceed with charges. These meetings typically occur towards \u200dthe end of an investigation, allowing defense lawyers to present arguments \u200bagainst charging their\u2064 clients.<\/p>\n<h3>Corruption Investigation and \u200cAllegations<\/h3>\n<p>The initial focus of the investigation, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cracking-down-lawmakers-unveil-bills-to-combat-organized-retail-theft\/\" title=\"\u2018Cracking Down\u2019: Lawmakers Unveil Bills To Combat Organized Retail Theft\">gained public attention<\/a> in\u2062 October, revolved around the awarding of an exclusive worldwide contract to IS EG\u2062 Halal, a New\u2064 Jersey-based halal meat business, for certifying halal exports to Egypt. NBC News reported that\u200b the U.S. \u200cAgriculture Department raised suspicions \u200cabout the contract, as other firms&#8217;\u200b contracts were abruptly canceled.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Menendez&#8217;s wife is acquainted with the owners of the company.\u200b Furthermore, as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Menendez\u2064 holds significant influence over \u2063billions of\u200c dollars in \u200bweapons sales to Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015,\u2064 Menendez faced bribery charges for \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-feds-weighing-criminal-charges-against-top-democrat-senator-report\/\" title=\"Top Democrat Senator Faces Potential Criminal Charges: Report\">allegedly \u2062accepting lavish gifts<\/a> and favors from Florida physician Salomon Melgen in exchange for political assistance. Melgen was subsequently convicted on multiple charges \u2063related to a scheme that defrauded Medicare of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into Menendez\u200b began in 2012 when authorities received\u2063 a tip alleging his involvement with underage\u200c prostitutes in the Dominican \u2063Republic. However, the trial resulted in a hung jury and\u200d a mistrial was declared.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a breaking news story. Please refresh\u200c the page for updates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Justice may charge Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) with criminal offenses following an extensive corruption probe. Prosecutors are set to confer with Menendez&#8217;s legal team soon, indicating that they possess the necessary evidence, as per The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2012504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}