The Justice Department is getting ready to file federal corruption charges against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez over his ties to a wealthy Florida eye surgeon, Dr. Salomon Melgen. Mike Kelly, columnist at The Bergen Record and the author of Bus on Jaffa Road: A Story of Middle East Terrorism and the Search for Justice (Globe Pequot Press, 2014), explains the charges and what could be in store for the New Jersey senator's political career.
"Basic politics is all about favors...and anybody who's been close to politics knows this," says @MikeKellyColumn.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 9, 2015
This news about the Menendez charges came out when some court docs were "accidentally" [<--air quotes] made public, says @MikeKellyColumn.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 9, 2015
Sen. Menendez doesn't deny he went to bat for his eye doc friend. But how did he benefit? With lots of donations, says @MikeKellyColumn.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 9, 2015
