Embattled Democrat Senator Bob Menendez (NJ) this week accused the FBI of ‘working roughshod over his Fourth Modification rights’ once they seized gold bars and money from his house final yr.
Attorneys for Menendez requested a New York choose to throw out among the proof used to indict the senator. They accused the federal authorities of ‘getting again’ at Menendez after he defeated its 2017 prosecution on fees of affect peddling.
ABC Information reported:
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez needs a New York choose to toss out a lot of the proof within the bribery prosecution in opposition to him, saying investigators illegally searched his residence as revenge as a result of the Democrat defeated a previous prosecution in his house state.
His arguments, delivered by his legal professionals, have been contained in papers filed late Monday in Manhattan federal courtroom, the place Menendez faces a Could trial.
In 2017, a federal jury in New Jersey deadlocked on 18 legal fees in opposition to Menendez and a rich Florida eye physician accused of shopping for his affect with luxurious holidays and marketing campaign contributions. Prosecutors then dropped the case.
“The federal government’s obvious zeal to ‘get again’ at Senator Menendez for defeating its prior prosecution has overwhelmed its sound judgment,” his legal professionals stated. “The FBI ran roughshod over the Senator’s Fourth Modification rights, and all proof collected from these searches should due to this fact be suppressed.”
In October Embattled Democrat Senator Bob Menendez was charged with performing as a international agent in a superseding indictment.
The brand new indictment filed by a federal grand jury in Manhattan claims Menendez “offered delicate U.S. Authorities info and took different steps that secretly aided the Authorities of Egypt.”
Final month federal prosecutors announced that Democrat U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, and his spouse, have been indicted on fees of bribery and corruption.
Federal prosecutors out of the Southern District of New York obtained a 3-count indictment in opposition to Bob Menendez and his spouse Nadine Menendez.
Fred Daibes, an actual property developer, New Jersey businessman Wael Hana and Joseph Uribe have been additionally charged.
“The Senator and his spouse accepted a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} in bribes….. money, gold, house mortgage funds, jobs, vehicles, and different issues of worth” in change for “utilizing his energy and affect to guard and enrich [New Jersey] businessmen and to profit the federal government of Egypt,” US Legal professional for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams stated.
Nadine Menendez was given a “no-show” or “low-show” job, a Mercedes Benz and different issues of worth, Damian Williams stated.
Particular brokers found $500,000 of money stuffed into envelopes in closets. “Among the money was stuffed within the Senator’s jacket pockets. Among the envelopes of money contained Daibes’ fingerprints and Daibes’ DNA,” Williams stated at a press convention final month.
proof images present money, Mercedes and gold bars
Menendez beforehand used the race card after he was indicted.
“It isn’t misplaced on me how rapidly some are dashing to guage a Latino and push him out of his seat. I’m not going anyplace,” Menendez stated.
Earlier this month Bob Menendez was hit with a second superseding indictment for praising Qatar in change for luxurious watches.
“Menendez offered Daibes with these statements in order that Daibes may share them with the Qatari Investor and a Qatari authorities official related to the Qatari Funding Firm,” the indictment stated, in accordance with NBC News.
Regardless of being underneath federal indictment for performing as a international agent, Menendez continues to be attending labeled briefings.
