The Sen. Menendez inquisition grinds on

Justice Department leaks investigation of Sen. Menendez after he publicly opposes Obama Iran policy   "You could say that the Chicago way met the New Jersey way yesterday, as the Obama administration moved to neutralize a critic who stands in the way of its Iran policy (which seems to be ensuring that the mullahs get their apocalypse-seeking hands on nuclear weapons).  In an administration that abhors leaks, CNN was given the story that Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is going to be charged with criminal corruption, just days after he prominently opposed the Obama administration on its Iran policy and supported Obama’s bête noir, Bibi Netanyahu."  
 Full Article which contains a montage of clips of him opposing Obama’s foreign policy.

Cruz: Menendez probe politically motivated

"Des Moines, Iowa -- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggested Saturday that the Justice Department’s criminal corruption charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) are political retribution against the New Jersey Democrat for opposing the White House’s negotiations with Iran.

"Cruz made the allegations to a throng of reporters jammed into the corner of a tent outside the Iowa Ag Summit in Des Moines without even having been asked about the Menendez criminal charges.

“ 'The announcement this week by the Justice Department that they were bringing charges against Bob Menendez — I will point out that the timing seems awfully coincidental that … in the very week that Bob Menendez showed incredible courage to speak out and call out President Obama for the damage that his policy is doing to our national security … the Justice Department announces they’re moving forward with the criminal prosecution,” Cruz said.

“ 'It raises the suggestion to other Democrats that if you dare part from the Obama White House, that criminal prosecutions will be used potentially as a political weapon against you as well,” he added."

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Corruption case against Sen. Robert Menendez could be tough to make  . . ."Members of Congress accused of trading their official actions for personal gifts or campaign donations, as prosecutors are suggesting Menendez (D-N.J.) may have done, can rely on several legal defenses to stave off a conviction, experts say.

DOJ TO BRING CHARGES AGAINST MENENDEZ OR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CROSS OBAMA  . . . "This is what I wrote at the time of the confrontation between Obama and Menendez:

Good for Bob Menendez for calling out Obama. But it will come at a price. I'm sure Menendez has now eclipsed Netanyahu as numero uno on Obama's crap list.

 "Well, having your Attorney General and closest political ally charge his own party's top critic on any deal with Iran with corruption is one way to silence your critics.

"I've said it before and I must say it again. President Obama plays for keeps and anyone who gets in his way faces ruin."   Aaron Goldstein