New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez and his wife are under investigation for their allegedly corrupt relationship with New Jersey businessmen
Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is being charged with bribery offenses in a federal indictment out of the Southern District of New York to be unsealed Friday, prosecutors announced.
“Today, I’m announcing that my office has obtained a three count indictment charging Senator Robert Menendez, his wife, Nadine Menendez, and three New Jersey businessmen, Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes for bribery offenses,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said at a press conference late Friday morning.
NBC News 4 reported Monday that the FBI and IRS criminal investigators are attempting to determine if Menendez or his wife had taken up to $400,000 worth of gold bars from Fred Daibes, a New Jersey developer and former bank chairman, or his associates in a swap for Menendez reaching out to the Justice Department to aid the “admitted felon” accused of banking crimes.
The unsealed indictment alleges that from at least 2018 through 2022, Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, “engaged in a corrupt relationship” with Daibes, Wael Hana and Jose Uribe.
The couple is accused of accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using Menendez’s power and influence as a senator to seek to protect and enrich Hana, Uribe, and Daibes and to benefit the Arab Republic of Egypt.”
The alleged bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle and “other things of value.” Menendez disclosed that his family had accepted gold bars in 2020.
In response to the indictment, Menendez said prosecutors “misrepresented the normal work of a Congressional office” and are trying to “dig my political grave.”
“For years, forces behind the scenes have repeatedly attempted to silence my voice and dig my political grave. Since this investigation was leaked nearly a year ago, there has been an active smear campaign of anonymous sources and innuendos to create an air of impropriety where none exists,” Menendez said in a statement.
He continued: “The excesses of these prosecutors is apparent. They have misrepresented the normal work of a Congressional office. On top of that, not content with making false claims against me, they have attacked my wife for the longstanding friendships she had before she and I even met.
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Biden sharply criticized after saying 'no comment' in response to death toll in Hawaii: 'Absolutely terrible'
President Biden was
sharply criticized on Sunday after telling reporters during a Delaware beach getaway that he had “no comment” on the rising death toll in Hawaii from severe wildfires.
“After a couple hours on the Rehoboth beach, @potus was asked about the rising death toll in Hawaii,” Bloomberg’s Justin Sink posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. He said that the president responded with, “no comment” before he went home. Video later confirmed his account, where Biden paused briefly before responding and getting into his transportation.
Critics responded to Sink’s post and hammered the president’s response, saying it was “embarrassing.”
Comer Releases Devon Archer’s Transcribed Interview Transcript
WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today released the transcript from Devon Archer’s transcribed interview. During the transcribed interview, Devon Archer confirmed then-Vice President Joe Biden was “the brand” that his son sold around the world to enrich the Biden family. Then-Vice President Biden joined Hunter Biden and his business associates for dinners or by phone over 20 times to sell “the brand” and send a signal about their power, access, and influence. Below are key exchanges from the transcript. The full transcript can be found here, and documents discussed during the transcribed interview can be found here.
Democrats demand 1,000% excise tax on ‘assault weapons,’ high-capacity magazines
More than two dozen House Democrats put forward legislation Friday that would slap “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines with a 1,000% excise tax, a change that would raise the price of a $500 weapon to $5,000 in a bid to reduce access to guns across the country.
Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., and 24 other House Democrats introduced the legislation Friday. It’s the second time Democrats have put forward the idea.
Beyer and 37 Democrats proposed the same idea last year when Democrats controlled the House, but it never moved.
China Threatens U.S. Food Supplies
China has been making
headline news lately due to hoarding food supplies, which has raised concerns and sparked backlash from other countries. Reports suggest that China is stockpiling food as a strategic decision in the face of rising tension with the United States and potential global conflicts or disruption in the food supply chain.
While hoarding food has been observed in various countries, including China’s neighbors, the current situation is of particular concern since China is a major food supplier to many nations. Notably, experts have highlighted that food scarcity is an existing issue, and the COVID-19 pandemic has even heightened the need for countries to secure their food supply.
Trump's indictment is not the slam dunk case liberal media believes it is
There are several realistic lines of defense that Donald Trump’s attorneys can use to help their client win his case
The media’s pronouncements that Donald Trump is almost certainly guilty of crimes are based on an ignorance of the law and a blinding political bias. As is often the case with capacious fiats mouthed by the featherhead class, the opposite is true.
The former president has several viable defenses. Some will be offered in pre-trial motions challenging the 37 charges in a Florida grand jury indictment related to his handling of alleged classified documents. These motions are appealable if denied. Such interlocutory petitions and arguments are laborious and time-consuming. They render Special Counsel Jack Smith’s stated ambition of a “speedy trial” fanciful, at best.
Presidential Records Act
Trump’s principal defense rests with the Presidential Records Act (PRA). It is not “farcical” as former Attorney General William Barr claims. It was a law passed by Congress in 1978 that granted an exclusive right of former presidents to maintain custody and control of presidential papers accrued during their terms in office. Arguably, it includes classified documents.
It is a fundamental precept of law that specific statutes prevail over general statutes. The PRA is a specially crafted law that applies to a narrow group of people. That is, presidents. By contrast, the Espionage Act enacted in 1917 is a general statute that applies broadly to all citizens. Hence, the defense will argue that PRA takes precedence over the Espionage Act, which accounts for most of the charges against Trump.
Prosecutors charged Trump with 37 felonies, including 31 counts under the Espionage Act of “willful retention” of classified records.
A federal indictment unsealed Friday charges former President Donald Trump with 37 felony counts stemming from an investigation into the presence of a trove of classified information at his Florida estate and other locations after he left office.
Prosecutors led by special counsel Jack Smith allege that Trump arranged to remove a massive collection of highly sensitive classified material — much of which consists of intelligence about the “defense and weapons capabilities” of the United States and foreign countries — to his private residence as he left the White House in January 2021.
Debt Deal Delayed
No one knows how long it will take to transmit the Biden-McCarthy debt deal onto parchment paper, so President Biden can sign it
Paperwork.
We hear about “paperwork” when trying to deal with government bureaucracies and getting things done in Washington.
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Detransitioned Navy SEAL warns parents about gender surgery for minors: ‘Not sharing all the data’
Detransitioned vet warns parents about gender surgery for minors
Ret. Navy SEAL Chris Beck speaks out against gender surgery for minors and children being put on puberty blockers on ‘Fox News Tonight.’
A retired Navy SEAL is speaking out against allowing children to receive gender surgery and be put on puberty blockers, telling parents they need to thoroughly look at the data available before making a life-changing decision.
Chris Beck, a detransitioner, formerly known as Kristen Beck, said one crucial piece of data about gender dysphoria isn’t talked about enough. Read More
Target's market value has declined over $12 billion since mid-May
Former Target exec reveals the ‘one item’ that sparked consumer firestorm
Target has seen a significant drop in its market value as the retail giant faces a consumer firestorm over the displaying of pride merchandise in stores around the nation. This controversy follows a boycott against Bud Light due to their decision to market products with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Former Target Vice Chairman Gerald Storch joined “Fox & Friends Weekend” and revealed the one item that “made the difference” against the competition and sparked the backlash.
Manchin not ruling out 2024 3rd-party presidential run: ‘Extremism coming from the far left and the far right'
By Danielle Wallace | Fox News
‘Not ruling anything in, not ruling anything out,’ Manchin said
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Sunday he would not rule out a potential third-party presidential run in 2024, touting the value of the “moderate middle” over the far left and right extremes, after the debt ceiling package managed to clear both chambers of Congress and avoid a U.S. default.
Dodgers rejected fans, embraced anti-Catholic extremists. Sports team owners should learn from Bud Light, Target
By Tim Busch | Fox News
Will the Los Angeles Dodgers ever be the same? 
I doubt it. One of the most-storied sports brands in history is reeling. It’s the result of management’s foolish decision to invite an anti-Catholic hate group to an LGBT Pride night, then rescind the invitation after criticism from the right, only to re-invite the group after blowback from the left.
The flip-flopping wasn’t the Dodger’s biggest mistake. The real issue is that the baseball team waded into politics in the first place.
I say this as a minority owner of two professional sports teams, one in the United States and one in the United Kingdom. I encourage anyone in professional sports to avoid any involvement in politics, for the simple reason that sports teams aren’t political groups. We aren’t in the business of taking sides in a cause, telling some people they’re wrong while others are right, and wading into the most divisive issues of the day.
McCarthy: Wray Must Show Whole Committee Biden Document
By Sandy Fitzgerald | Newsmax
FBI Director Christopher Wray will face charges of contempt of Congress if he only allows House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and not the entire committee, to see a document that alleges a bribery scheme between President Joe Biden, during his years as vice president, and a foreign national, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday.
“We have a responsibility of oversight,” the California Republican told Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo. “If they do not comply and allow every person on oversight, Republican or Democrat — that’s their responsibility to the members of Congress — to see this document, I will move contempt charges against the director.”
Newsom says a constitutional amendment is needed to enact commonsense gun safety laws supported by the American people
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to change the Constitution to curb gun rights.
Fed up with inaction on gun control, Newsom unveiled a proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution on Thursday that would implement “commonsense” gun safety measures he claims have widespread bipartisan support.
“Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution,” Newsom said Thursday. “So today, I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to do just that. The 28th Amendment will enshrine in the Constitution commonsense gun safety measures that Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and gun owners overwhelmingly support — while leaving the Second Amendment unchanged and respecting America’s gun-owning tradition.”