Senator Menendez intern arrested, was illegal immigrant and registered sex offender,

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Senator Menendez intern arrested, was illegal immigrant and registered sex offender,
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AP) WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Menendez employed an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender as an unpaid intern in his Senate office and that intern is now under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press reports. The Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest the teen until after Election Day, a U.S. official involved in the case told the AP.

Senator Menendez intern arrested, was illegal immigrant and registered sex offender, report says - Crimesider - CBS News

 

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Another sex scandal, when will these politicians ever learn?...

FBI Raids Office of Florida Doctor, Friend of Bob Menendez
Jan 30, 2013 • The FBI has raided the West Palm Beach office of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a local doctor with close ties to New Jersey Democratic senator Bob Menendez. The Miami Herald first reported the story Tuesday night:

The investigation is believed to be focusing on Melgen’s finances and the allegations about Menendez’s trips and contact with prostitutes. A spokesman for Menendez could not be reached for comment, nor could Melgen. Melgen has an outstanding IRS lien of $11.1 million for taxes owed from 2006 to 2009, according to records filed with the Palm Beach County recorder’s office. A previous IRS lien for $6.2 million was released in 2011.

Despite those financial problems, Melgen and his family have contributed at least $357,000 to candidates and committees since 1998, according to Florida and federal campaign records. Of that, the Melgens have contributed about 9 percent to Menendez’s federal campaigns. Melgen also owns a private CL-600 Challenger plane through one of his West Palm Beach-based companies, and frequently flies between South Florida and Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic, where he is from.

Menendez has flown on the plane at least once, his office has said, when he was chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2009 to 2011, when the Melgens contributed about $60,400 to the group. A spokeswoman had previously said that Menendez and Melgen are longtime friends and said the senator did nothing improper. Melgen was first linked to Menendez just before the November elections, when the conservative Daily Caller website interviewed two alleged prostitutes who said they had relations with the New Jersey Democrat at Melgen’s Dominican Republic mansion in Casa de Campo.

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