Guy Benson Political Editor, Townhall.com - Feb 07, 2013 10:19 AM EST
When we left off, New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez was decrying "right wing blogs" for engaging in "smears" against his good name. Accusations that the Senator took undisclosed flights on a political ally's private jet to the Dominican Republic for liaisons with prostitutes -- some of whom are alleged to have been underage -- are "absolutely false," he's insisted. Except...he's copped to the flights and has forked over a handsome sum to correct his $60,000 "mistake." And the New York Times reported that Menendez flexed his political muscles to promote a $500 million port security contract for a firm owned by his embattled mega donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen. Now we learn that federal investigators had suspected the eye doctor of rampant Medicare fraud for some time, but that his buddy in the US Senate ran interference for him on several occasions. In the wake of last month's FBI raid, Melgen's jig appears to be up -- and Menendez has some more explaining to do (via the Washington Post):....To Read More.....
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