Is senator bob menendez a National Security threat . And where are the nations Top Democrats on whether remaining in his position should even be tolerated . Two central questions as menendez remains defiant in the face of a damning indictment. Im abby phillips, among the charges democrat is accused of using his power to get Sensitive Information of the plots overseas. Information that eventually made its way to a Foreign Government. And while he is temporarily stepping down from being chairman of the senate warm relations committee, he is still privy to classified information. Now, the governor of his state suggested those allegations alone make him compromised. And one of menendezs democratic colleagues went even farther. Does it sound like espionage from your perspective . As a former intel officer, we collected information and we paid people for that information. So in the simplest of terms, yes. From a legal standpoint, ill defer to the doj on that. We are now starting to see these
Is bob an end as a National Security threat . And where are the democrats on whether remaining in his position should even be tolerated . Two essential questions tonight, as menendez remains defiant in the face of a damning indictment. Good evening, everyone, im abby philip. And among the charges that the democrat is accused of using his power to get Sensitive Information about american diplomats oversee. Information that eventually made its way to a Foreign Government. And while he is temporarily stepping down from being the chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee, he is still privy to classified information. Now, the governor of his state suggested those allegations alone make him compromised. And one of menendezs democratic colleagues went even farther. Does it sound like espionage from your perspective . As a former intel officer, we collected information and we paid people for that information. So in the simplest of terms, yes. From a legal standpoint, ill defer to the
Well, good evening, im laura coates. A week that began with Merrick Garland being accused of weaponizing the Department Of Justice against republicans ends with one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now indicted for corruption. The chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, new jersey senator bob menendez stands accused of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight, we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and, of course, the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day, after seeing all the reports ive cut through all of it, here are the real questions, number one, did he do it . Right did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial for conspiracy, bribery and Honest Services fraud, sound familiar, led to