{"id":2258017,"date":"2024-06-02T16:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-us-navy-four-star-admiral-arrested\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T16:29:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T20:29:43","slug":"former-us-navy-four-star-admiral-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-us-navy-four-star-admiral-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired US Navy Admiral Arrested"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fformer-us-navy-four-star-admiral-arrested%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=2258017&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--><p>A retired US Navy four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-asst-health-secy-lockdowns-on-the-table-if-more-people-dont-get-vaccinated\/\" title=\"Fmr. Asst. Health Secy.: Lockdowns on the table if more people don\u2019t get vaccinated\">-star admiral<\/a>, \u200cRobert Burke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ag-may-be-impeached-immediately-state-house-set-to-vote-after-republicans-turn-on-him\/\" title=\"Texas AG faces impeachment as State House prepares to vote following Republican backlash.\">faces bribery charges<\/a>, accused of unlawfully directing a Navy contract to a private firm\u2063 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unfunded-cost-of-retirement-benefits-reaches-1-14-trillion-report\/\" title=\"Retirement benefits' unfunded cost hits .14 trillion: Report\">post-retirement benefits<\/a>. Co-defendants, Yongchul \u201cCharlie\u201d Kim and Meghan Messenger, are implicated. Burke&#8217;s potential 30-year sentence hinges\u2063 on alleged corrupt\u2064 practices, echoing the infamous &#8220;Fat Leonard&#8221; scandal. \u200bThe\u2062 case underscores a dark chapter in \u2062Navy history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/rmoorhead\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/rmoorhead\/%20\"><span>Richard Moorhead<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 2, 2024 at 12:43pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A United States Navy four-star admiral could find himself docked in a federal prison cell on charges of bribery.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/retired-navy-admiral-and-business-executives-arrested-bribery-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a> unsealed an indictment against retired Admiral Robert Burke on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Burke is accused of steering a Navy contract to a private company in court documents in exchange for the promise of a lucrative post-retirement role with the company.<\/p>\n<p>The retired admiral is facing charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, performing acts affecting a personal financial interest, and concealing material facts from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Two private executives allegedly involved in bribing Burke, Yongchul \u201cCharlie\u201d Kim and Meghan Messenger, also face the first two charges.<\/p>\n<p>Kim and Messenger are listed as co-CEO\u2019s of NextJump, a technology company, on its <a href=\"https:\/\/nextjump.com\/leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s X account saluted Burke for accepting a senior role at the business shortly after his 2022 retirement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are delighted to welcome Bob Burke as a Senior Partner at Next Jump! He joins our team of world experts in growing Next Jump\u2019s human performance community. Bob brings a wealth of leadership experience from serving four decades in the US Navy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9d7jpzYATm\">pic.twitter.com\/9d7jpzYATm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Next Jump (@nextjump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nextjump\/status\/1582116312830324737?\">October 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is the potential 30-year sentence fair for what Burke is accused of?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Burke allegedly lied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-navy-strike-group-headed-nuclear-powered-carrier-deploying-hostile-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Navy<\/a> officials about the timing of his employment negotiations with NextJump, declining to disclose that he had received an offer of employment from the company before arranging a military contract for them.<\/p>\n<p>Burke is accused of agreeing to use his command influence to secure a further Navy contract for NextJump \u2014 arrangements that would net the private business \u201ctriple digit millions,\u201d according to what prosecutors call an estimation from Kim.<\/p>\n<p>Burke\u2019s career included roles as the commander of Allied Joint Force Command in Italy, according to an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Leadership\/Flag-Officer-Biographies\/Search\/Article\/2236163\/admiral-robert-burke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Navy biography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Burke also served as deputy commander of the Navy\u2019s 6th Fleet and the service\u2019s vice chief of naval operations.<\/p>\n<p>The corruption scandal isn\u2019t the first of its kind involving the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>The service was fleeced for millions of dollars in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/largest-corruption-scandal-u-s-navy-history-manhunt-begins-ex-military-contractor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fat Leonard<\/a>\u201d scandal.<\/p>\n<p>That extensive case saw a Malaysian defense contractor bribing Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-navy-officer-top-security-clearances-busted-allegedly-smuggling-equipment-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officers<\/a> with lavish gifts in return for use of his own overpriced port services, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbs.org\/news\/military\/2024\/05\/03\/fat-leonard-conspiracy-case-fizzles-more-than-a-decade-after-contractors-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KPBS-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Burke could face up to thirty years in federal prison if convicted on all four charges.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Retired four-star Navy Admiral Robert Burke was arrested Friday on bribery charges. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hjxW0JtIIU\">pic.twitter.com\/hjxW0JtIIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1796869817149890906?\">June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Burke\u2019s co-defendants could face as many as twenty years behind bars.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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