Senator Bob Menendez, facing charges of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent for Egypt, attended a classified briefing with Secretary of State Antony Blinken despite the indictment. In interviews with 19 senators, Democrats showed reluctance to discuss Menendez’s charges and his Senate floor speech defending himself. Senator Fetterman criticized Menendez's presence at the briefing, calling for his removal and labeling him a 'sleaze ball'. Menendez, when previously confronted, told reporters to 'Look to my past...' as a defense. The case has drawn parallels to those of Ted Stevens and Al Franken, with some attributing the Obama Justice Department's actions to Menendez's opposition to Cuba and Iran.
'Sleaze Ball': Indicted Sen. Menendez Attends Classified Briefing—Drawing Fresh Attacks From Fetterman https://t.co/58dAf8Eavy https://t.co/8dlhA8UxmN
Senator Bob Menendez, who has been indicted for serving as an agent of a foreign government, just walked into a classified briefing with Antony Blinken per CNN. Last time he attended a classified briefing, on Nov 1, @mkraju confronted him and here’s what Menendez said: https://t.co/chLNEDHZNL
Bob Menendez, indicted on corruption charges amid allegations of a pay-to-play scheme with foreign governments, now attending classified briefing with Antony Blinken. Asked by @tedbarrettcnn and @morgan_rimmer to respond to concerns about his attendance, he said: “Look to my past…
Fetterman on Menendez attending classified briefing with Blinken: I don't know why anybody would take a meeting with that sleaze ball..he needs to go...We should have chucked him. I don't know why we haven't chucked him. And I sure hope eventually we do chuck him.
Menendez is attending today’s classified briefing with Blinken, despite the senator’s legal issues and indictment of him being a foreign agent
Sen. Bob Menendez tells me in the hallway he’s going to the Foreign Relations Committee’s closed, top secret briefing with Secretary of State Antony Blinken happening now. Menendez has been charged with conspiracy to act as a foreign agent for Egypt
Menendez Speaks on the Senate Floor Regarding Recent Allegations https://t.co/yTfMR0OMPg via @YouTube This is compelling. This case combines those of Ted Stevens and Al Franken. The Obama Justice Department hates Menendez because he hates Cuba and Iran. His Democratic colleagues…
In interviews with 19 senators last week, Democrats were reluctant to discuss Menendez’s charges, said they hadn’t been following the case, and told NOTUS they didn’t listen to his Senate floor speech defending himself. My latest @NOTUSreports: https://t.co/mW6tnicVNR