Nonilex ,
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Businessman Tells He Senator With a Mercedes-Benz

Jose Uribe testified he had provided the car to Senator ’s girlfriend in exchange for gaining his “ & .”


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/nyregion/jose-uribe-menendez-trial-bribery.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex OP ,
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“When you bribed Robert , did you do that alone or w/other people?” a prosecutor asked Uribe.

“With other people,” he responded, & then named Wael Hana, an Egyptian American businessman who founded a NJ halal meat co that prosecutors say was used to funnel to the senator & his wife.

Menendez & his wife are charged w/conspiring to accept cash, gold bullion & other bribes for Menendez to direct aid to & to meddle in cases in NJ. One of those cases involved Uribe

davesdogmaggie ,
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@Nonilex

What you don't hear re: ...

Democrats defending him, calling the charges "nothing burgers", or screaming "witch hunt" like sycophantic sociopaths.

ericg ,
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@Nonilex Jose, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

mikenoe ,
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@Nonilex Bribing with a Mercedes is worse, legally, than bribing with a RV. Because it seems like bribing with a RV is just fine acording to SCOTUS.

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