Salomon Melgen Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ethics committee closes file on Menendez

February 5, 2019 8:00 amFebruary 5, 2019 1:29 pm

The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee has closed its file on Bob Menendez, three months after New Jersey voters re-elected him to a third term by a wide margin, marking an end to the U.S. Senator’s ethics issues. “Having already received...

Hugin ad slams Menendez on hypocrisy

October 15, 2018 1:00 pmOctober 15, 2018 3:02 pm

In what may be the hardest hitting ad yet in the U.S. Senate race, Republican Bob Hugin is going up on the air with a new television commercial tomorrow that slams incumbent Bob Menendez for hypocrisy by saying women who...

New Hugin ads hit Menendez on Melgen ties

October 8, 2018 11:11 amOctober 8, 2018 3:40 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Hugin is up on the air with two new TV ads that features stories of botched ophthalmological procedures by Dr. Salomon Melgen, a friend and onetime contributor to incumbent Bob Menendez. The Hugin ads say...

State GOP launches site on Menendez ethics

September 19, 2018 12:36 pm

The New Jersey Republican State Committee launched a website attacking U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez over his ethics troubles, following an attack vector favored by Bob Hugin that the candidate employed earlier in the day. The site, BadBobMenendez.com highlight’s the relationship...

Christie-tied super PAC airs new anti-Menendez ad

August 23, 2018 10:31 amAugust 23, 2018 7:40 pm

Integrity NJ, the super PAC run by allies of former Gov. Chris Christie, today launched a new TV ad, “Friendship,” which notes the friendship between U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist currently in prison for fraudulent...

Cruz-Perez sticking with Menendez

May 2, 2018 4:10 pmMay 2, 2018 4:12 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s recent ethics troubles aren’t necessarily costing him support in the New Jersey Legislature. State Sen. Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D-Camden) said on Tuesday that she would continue to support the three-term U.S. senator despite his recent admonition before...

Legislator says GOP are hypocrites after backing Christie and Trump

May 1, 2018 9:00 amMay 1, 2018 10:40 pm

A freshman Essex County Assemblywoman is slamming “Republicans like Betty Lou DeCroce” for the hypocrisy of attacking U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez after spending years defending Gov. Chris Christie and President Donald Trump. “Time and time again, Republicans in the State...