Sen. Bob Menendez and wife indicted on bribery charges; DOJ seizes gold bars and $500,000
Sen. Bob Menendez and wife indicted on bribery charges; DOJ seizes gold bars and $500,000 | CNN Politics
Originally posted by u/whoresbane123456789 at 2023-09-23T01:47:21Z
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u/PlatinumBallSack · 2023-09-23 02:38:07 UTC · score 1
On top of the anti-gun shit, Menendez raped underage girls in the DR and his defense was that it didn't happen in the US
u/redditIs4Nobodies · 2023-09-23 03:10:03 UTC · score 1
While I believe that he is corrupt enough to do that, and while I also recognize that the political elite have a habit of traveling to islands in order to buy children, it’s still best to remember that those are just allegations. There is a lot of evidence, but he’s never been criminally convicted in a US court.
u/HyperionEvo · 2023-09-23 04:03:08 UTC · score 1
You mean the us courts that are based on what makes money and not true crime? The same justice system that fails victims left and right every day??? The ones who won’t show epsteins book or who was in it??? That hid hunter bidens laptop and pretended it didn’t exist?? Yeah I think it’s fair to say the justice system is pretty fucked and useless and biased
u/CLPisthebestflavor · 2023-09-23 17:52:32 UTC · score 1
Holy fucking shitballs, that article is from 2015! That's almost ten years ago! How long have people openly known about this dude's corruption and sat on their asses while allowing him to stay in office?!? Shows the real corruption in the system, because if it were anyone legitimately decent, they'd have been immediately banished from office and sent straight to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
Fuck this guy and fuck the rest of the corrupt kiddie diddlers in the Federal Government.
u/doubled240 · 2023-09-23 19:54:22 UTC · score 1
Now do Brandon
u/Are_unot_entertained · 2023-09-23 18:26:01 UTC · score 1
Menéndez mag. This piece of shit is one the United States of America corrupt elite . Pedophile and tyrant.
u/Teach0rs_peT · 2023-09-23 04:41:11 UTC · score 1
I literally want to shit into his face for what he is...
u/Maeng_Doom · 2023-09-23 04:28:23 UTC · score 1
I hope they do something about corruption eventually. Between this, the court, and the rest of government I wonder what percentage of gdp is just bribes/ dirty money.
u/whoresbane123456789 · 2023-09-23 04:30:31 UTC · score 1
69%+
u/TheBodyIsR0und · 2023-09-23 11:45:11 UTC · score 1
They're not limited by a balanced budget so I'd say 420%+
u/boi_against_bigotry · 2023-09-23 07:40:56 UTC · score 1
..nice ..😎
u/10gaugetantrum · 2023-09-23 11:07:12 UTC · score 1
Politicians on both sides accept bribery. Prosecute them all starting at the top. The citizens of the United States of America deserve better than this.
u/LabronPaul · 2023-09-23 14:40:10 UTC · score 1
I'd like to think we deserve better but this is who keeps getting elected.
u/GunnitRust · 2023-09-23 15:17:46 UTC · score 1
All countries have one main problem, public corruption.
With the information technology we have now, corruption can be made much harder.
The major push for increased restriction of the citizens instead of the state is the corruption defending itself. Politicians wouldn’t be restricting arms to their agents if they weren’t robbing the citizens.
u/Prestigeboy · 2023-09-23 19:36:49 UTC · score 1
We need major transparency from all levels of government to be able to weed out the corruption. Like the saying a gilded cage.
u/draupnir · 2023-09-24 00:32:24 UTC · score 1
Hold them all accountable for their actions. Also, my first thoughts when seeing this was this community lol
u/FunEngineer69 · 2023-09-23 04:19:06 UTC · score 1
I’m left leaning and this dude is an absolutely piece of shit scum bag.
u/sniperhare · 2023-09-23 12:44:35 UTC · score 1
So did he just run as a Democrat hoping he'd get elected before people found out he had none of their values? Like that Representative from Arizona who just hid behind the fact she was a lesbian, got elected and then switched sides and sold herself to the highest bidder?
u/Impossible-Echo-8375 · 2023-09-23 15:05:14 UTC · score 1
democrats have a long history of getting away with corruption, scandals, murder, rape, etc. that is their value. the only difference is these days there is enough of a republican senate majority to do something about it. just like eric holder's gun running, or leeland yee's gun trafficking, these people don't care about rules or principles, it's all about power and control. behind the scenes they do whatever they like
anyone who is pro 2a and still votes democrat is an abject moron.
u/RevolutionaryPrior30 · 2023-09-23 19:19:51 UTC · score 1
Can't be rich & a politician unless there's corruption. Hopefully he actually faces punishment for these crimes. He's gotten off easy before.
u/GunnitRust · 2023-09-23 15:00:02 UTC · score 1
This is the second time for Bob. Hung jury last time. All it takes is one committed activist juror and no conviction is possible. The same activists who support Bob’s efforts to violate the constitution don’t care what other laws Bob breaks either.
u/Impossible-Echo-8375 · 2023-09-23 16:28:41 UTC · score 1
check andy ngo's feed, he reports all manner of stories where activist jury, judges, prosecutors and defenders try to have those allied with the democrat cause exonerated or given lesser charges. they're trying to get murderers off on manslaughter. it's disgusting. you think they'd provide this kind of service to a conservative caught up on mere gun charges? tired of this bullshit rationalization/logic people use to hand waive democrat issues away. both sides do it so it's ok to give the democrats a benefit of a doubt. to hell with that. it's a question of degrees. yes both sides engage in corruption, but democrats do it to a much greater extend. if you don't realize that you don't know anything and aren't paying attention.
u/GunnitRust · 2023-09-23 16:32:57 UTC · score 1
It's the type of one-sided lawlessness that you get before an extralegal power consolidation.
We are somewhere between anarcho-tyranny repression common in managerial state dictatorships and Republican Spain.
u/renomeatslanger · 2023-09-23 04:16:45 UTC · score 1
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u/Big_Profession_2218 · 2023-09-23 03:55:57 UTC · score 1
Comprenendez Menendez¿
u/WorkshopBlackbird · 2023-09-23 02:07:34 UTC · score 1
This is the guy who tried to ban 3D printed Glock mags and ended up the namesake for 3D printed Glock mags.
It's always the scumfuck pieces of shit like this that try to take your rights away.
u/whoresbane123456789 · 2023-09-23 02:24:05 UTC · score 1
The bit about the gold bars really cracks me up, seems ironic somehow
u/Impossible-Echo-8375 · 2023-09-23 14:58:33 UTC · score 1
print some mendendez mags to commemorate this moment. which dem overlord did he piss off? it's not usual for them to allow one of their own to be hauled off to jail like this
u/Verum14 · 2023-09-23 02:51:26 UTC · score 1
tbf, us commoners in new jersey (where he reigns) are in fact prohibited from 3d printing glock mags. and stocks. and grips. and sight posts. and pads. and literally anything that can possibly be construed as a "part".
It's a felony in NJ to 3D print, possess the files for, transfer the files for, or look at the files for, any firearm "part"
u/BigBlackHzYoBak · 2023-09-23 23:40:32 UTC · score 1
How is that even remotely Constitutional? Like the physical possession of parts, they could I guess make a case for but just having or looking at the files??? Isn't that teetering on the edge of "thought crime"?
u/whoresbane123456789 · 2023-09-23 02:54:27 UTC · score 1
yea, i saw parts dispensed doesn't ship to nj, you poor bastards. good pizza, at least. someone needs to take that shit to the supreme court already.
u/WorkshopBlackbird · 2023-09-23 03:45:30 UTC · score 1
i’m going to fucking throw up
u/obiweedkenobi · 2023-09-23 03:11:03 UTC · score 1
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u/WmHerrin · 2023-09-23 03:43:08 UTC · score 1
You see boys and girls, this is what happens when you can't even pump your own gas.
u/Dogeatswaffles · 2023-09-23 06:05:14 UTC · score 1
That sounds like it's fucking with the 1st amendment as well as the 2nd
u/WolffeCrow · 2023-09-23 09:59:15 UTC · score 1
It's a felony in NJ to 3D print, possess the files for, transfer the files for, or look at the files for, any firearm "part"
No it isn't, because that is a clear and unambiguous violation of the 1st Amendment.
Ergo, every single law that states such is repugnant to the Constitution, and thus void.
u/GKW472100 · 2023-09-23 01:51:07 UTC · score 1
Literally has nothing to do with this sub.
u/__deltastream · 2023-09-23 12:45:49 UTC · score 1
we named glock mags after this piece of shit, and now he's being served justice. lurk moar
u/RustyShacklefordVR2 · 2023-09-23 02:03:27 UTC · score 1
Menendez mags got their name for a reason.
u/whoresbane123456789 · 2023-09-23 02:05:12 UTC · score 1
Thanks rus, didn't realize I had to spoon feed people here
u/GKW472100 · 2023-09-23 02:05:41 UTC · score 1
Okay? And this has nothing to do with this sub. This is an article about corruption.