silence me. but i will not be silenced. i m confident at the end of the day, i will be vindicated. and they will be exposed. federal prosecutors indicted a sitting u.s. senator on bribery charges. the first federal bribery prosecution of a senator in a generation. prosecutors say new jersey senator robert menendez took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and gifts from a donor. alleging menendez took international flights on private jets, first-class plane trips, use of a caribbean villa, access to an exclusive dominican resort, a stay at a luxury hotel in paris, expensive meals, golf outings and tens of thousands of dollars in contributions to a legal defense fund. now, those were the gifts prosecutors allege he paid his friends back by abusing his office. including pushing policies to enrich him.
investigation three years ago with false allegations by those who have a political motive to silence me. but i will not be silenced. i am confident at the end of the day i will be vindicated and they will be exposed. today federal prosecutors indicted a u.s. senator on bribery charges, the first bribery charges in a generation. they say new jersey senator robert menendez took hundreds of thousands in bribes and gifts from a donor t. indictment paints a picture of extreme luxury and terrible judgment. alleging he took international flights on private jets first class plane trips. use of avila, access to an exclusive do men can resort. a stay at a luxury hotel in paris, meals, golf outing tens of thousands in contributions to a legal defense fund. now, those were the gifts, prosecutors allege menendez paid
i m outraged that prosecutors at the justice department were tricked into starting this investigation three years ago, with false allegations by those who have a political motive to silence me. but i will not be silenced. i m confident at the end of the day, i will be vindicated. and they will be exposed. federal prosecutors indicted a sitting u.s. senator on bribery charges. the first federal bribery prosecution of a senator in a generation. prosecutors say new jersey senator robert menendez took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and gifts from a donor. alleging menendez took international flights on private jets first-class plane trips, use of a caribbean villa access to an exclusive dominican resort, a stay at a luxury hotel in paris, expensive meals, golf outings and tens of thousands of
rid of some charges of overbilling. he s a doctor overbilling for medicare payments and tried to allegedly help his friend secure some business deals and dominican republic and we also know that in the past, he senator menendez had to pay back almost 60,000 in plane trips that he took to the dominican republic with this dr. salman melgan. an oversight, he shouldn t have done without paying his own way. thank you. to ferguson earlier today, attorney general eric holder said he wouldn t rule out dismantling the police in light of what s uncovered. shaking down citizens disproportionately african-americans through justice department fines and harassment every complaint protesters made against the department itself except
several media outlets now reporting that holder himself has signed off on justice moving forward with criminal charges. again, it is up to the grand jury to vote and that is actively ongoing here in new jersey. so again, the federal criminal investigation into senator menendez, ongoing. charges could come this month in connection with the senator s efforts to use his office to help this florida eye doctor. prior to that the senator apparently accepted free plane trips to places like the dominican republic in exchange the senator said he has done nothing wrong and paid the money back. we should learn in a matter of weeks whether d.o.j. moves forward with this case. back to you. he know you ll be on top of that story. jonathan deets, there is much more we are following. and including harrison ford s crash landing in