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Menendez Blames The Dead Guy
The Perfect Alibi
By Dan McLaughlin Posted in 2006 — Comments (3) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
When I first wrote about Bob Menendez' ethical troubles (at least the ones that are currently under federal investigation, his receipt of $3,000/month in rental income from a community group while he was working in Congress to get them millions in federal grants), I figured it was only fair to quote his explanation, claiming that "[t]his transaction was already approved by the House Ethics Committee".
Well, well, well. It turns out that alibi is shakier than I could have imagined, which goes a ways to explaining why this is under investigation. Menendez claims not that the House Ethics Committee had approved the deal, but one staff lawyer for the committee, and there is apparently no documentary evidence of the approval. And the staffer:
Menendez said he sought and received verbal approval for the transaction from Mark Davis, an ethics lawyer with the House ethics committee, in 1994, when he was a U.S. congressman. However, an obituary for Davis in a Capitol Hill publication says he left the committee in 1993 and died last October.
Isn't that convenient?
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they why couldn't they do other things for them too?
Phone call for Bob
by Darin H
Bill: Hey Bob, it's Bill. I have a question for you.
Bob: Sure, fire away.
Bill: Do you like sequels?
Bob: Um, not sure what you're getting at Bill.
Bill: You know, where they make a 2nd movie because the first one turned out well.
Bob: Sure, who doesn't like that?
Bill: Well, we're thinking about making a sequel here...
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