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For those not following, his wife has extremely strong ties to Egyptian Intelligence and he very much may have been acting as a spy. This goes beyond just corruption.
Anyone keeping wads of cash in their house raises a lot of questions.
I feel like the gold bar he had on hand raises even more questions.
Yeah cash I can theoretically get behind depending on the circumstances. A gold bar raises all the red flags.
Whats suspicious about kilograms of gold? How else can I keep large amounts of wealth untraceable?
I use shitty modern art.
I used NFTs.
It wasn’t my best idea.
Hey now, that was for emergencies in case he lost his debit card and needed to buy $480K worth of groceries.
Durbin and Stabenow didn't go ahead and say this without clearing it with Schumer.
Pretty soon the only Senate "Democrats" left not calling for Menendez's resignation will be members of the Ethics Committee + Manchin, Sinema, Feinstein and Menendez himself.
Sideman isn't a Democrat anymore.
Schumer's silence is deafening
Schumer forced Franken out for much less and that's why this is so damn confounding.
Menendez is a centrist, while Franken is a progressive.
But I'm sure that has nothing to do with it.
Yep. And who does Schumer like more? Because he ain't that progressive.
Sounds like they have enough support to expel him if they wanted
As a former resident of Illinois, my senators are the only things I will miss about that state.
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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