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| Witness: Sen. Menendez Helped Me Get A Visa After My Rich Boyfriend Gave Him Money |
| 2017-09-13 |
| [THEFEDERALIST] A Dominican woman testified on Tuesday that Sen. Bob Menendez, who faces felony corruption charges, helped her with her U.S. visa application after her alleged ex-boyfriend, who is also on trial, asked the Democratic senator to intervene. Rosiell Polanco-Suera told the court her visa application was initially denied in 2008, but after her wealthy ex-boyfriend ‐ Dr. Salomon Melgen, who was convicted of Medicaid fraud earlier this year ‐ asked "the senator" to intervene, her application was green-lighted, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reports. Prosecutors say Melgen allegedly bribed Menendez for years with luxury vacations and gifts in exchange for political influence and favors. On Monday, one of Menendez’s former staffers told the court one of those favors was lobbying the State Department to get Polanco-Suera and her sister visas to enter the United States. Both Menendez and Melgen stand trial together as defendants and face 18 counts of bribery and fraud, but they say they’re innocent. Menendez is also accused of lobbying the government on behalf of the wealthy eye doctor over a $8.9 million billing dispute. In 2011, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) found that Melgen was over-charging them for an eye drug, then Menendez allegedly intervened on his deep-pocketed benefactor’s behalf. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 His mistake was that he didn't create the Menendez Global Initiative first.. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2017-09-13 19:46 |
| #4 #1Â Isn't this the kind of thing senators supposed to do? Most likely, it was the quid pro quo arrangements that got him. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-13 11:27 |
| #3 with the image of Lena on the Rantburg today, could we get some of the images of the women who Dr. Melgan wanted to get visas. that would brighten up the site its from 2015, but how about this from the NY Post http://nypost.com/2015/04/18/how-menendez-conspired-to-import-rich-donors-babes/ |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-09-13 09:44 |
| #2 ..but with more Byzantine fronts and Cayman or Panamanian accounts. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-09-13 07:41 |
| #1 Isn't this the kind of thing senators supposed to do? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-13 02:22 |