Far-left MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan slammed Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Friday after the senator was indicted on multiple federal corruption charges.
The indictment says that Menendez and his wife had a corrupt relationship with New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana, Jose Uribe, and Fred Daibes, who allegedly gave the senator bribes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the DOJ, the bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt.
Menendez faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted of the charges, which include conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
“Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,” the indictment said. Federal authorities reportedly found gold bars and nearly $500,000 in cash stuffed throughout the senator’s home that they traced back to the businessmen Menendez allegedly worked with.
“They recovered several gold bars,” Hasan noted. “Yes, gold bars worth over $100,000. Prosecutors say that Menendez at one point even googled, and I quote, ‘kilo of gold price.’ So, Menendez and his wife are now facing three federal charges of conspiracy for bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.”
“In a statement today, the senator denied the allegations, calling them ‘baseless,'” Hasan continued. “He also attacked the ‘excesses’ of these prosecutors, who he says have misrepresented the normal work of a congressional office.”
“Now, putting aside the potential criminality — the alleged criminality [aside] here for a second, that is a ludicrous claim,” he continued. “Does Senator Menendez really think that Americans will buy that it is normal work for a United States senator to basically do the bidding of a foreign government?”
Hasan noted that Menendez was accused of helping Egypt through various means as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
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