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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...

Menendez admonished by Senate Ethics panel

April 26, 2018 6:20 pmApril 27, 2018 11:24 am

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was “severely admonished” by the Senate Ethics Committee today for accepting gifts from a close friend, Dr. Salomon Melgen, over a six-year span. He was ordered to repay those gifts. The admonishment comes six months before...

Steinhardt blasts Menendez on friend’s sentencing

February 22, 2018 1:36 pmFebruary 27, 2018 1:11 pm

Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt says that the prison sentence imposed of Dr. Salomon Melgen is an example of Bob Menendez’s “record of embarrassing New Jersey.” Melgen was sentenced to seventeen years in prison and a $42.6 million in restitution...

Judge dismisses seven counts of Menendez indictment

January 24, 2018 4:01 pm

POLITCO New Jersey is reporting that a judge has thrown out seven of the eighteen counts in the Justice Department’s case against U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and his close friend, Salomon Melgen. “A rational juror could not find that Menendez...