CaféAuLait;6720455 said:
Is this illegal in the Dominican Republic?
It does not matter if it is legal there, if he did indeed have sex with 16 year old girls he is breaking the law both here and there.
Prostitution in the Dominican Republic is legal, but the age of consent is 18. Under the 2003 PROTECT Act, it is also a U.S. federal crime to "engage in illicit sexual conduct" abroad with anyone under 18 -- that includes prostitution
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It's unclear what "information" that line was referring to.
This is the same unsubstantiated garbage that's been peddled for months," a spokeswoman for Menendez told FoxNews.com in an email Friday.
FBI spokesman Jason Pack said he could not confirm whether there was an investigation.
Sloan raised concerns about the credibility of the source, saying she is "increasingly suspicious" about the alleged facts in the case.
"He refused to ever be contacted by us by phone," she said. "It's really easy to make a lot of allegations. ... Who knows ... if that's even a real person."
She said CREW is no longer investigating.
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FBI mum on allegations Sen. Menendez 'received the services of young prostitutes' in Dominican Republic | Fox News
The supposed source in all this goes by the name of Peter Williams. The individual did not return a request for comment from FoxNews.com.
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FBI mum on allegations Sen. Menendez 'received the services of young prostitutes' in Dominican Republic | Fox News