The New Jersey senator was indicted on federal bribery charges last week.
Sen. John Fetterman plans to return donations he received from Sen. Bob Menendez , who was indicted on federal bribery charges last week, Fetterman’s spokesperson said in a statement, while taking a jab at prosecutors’ claims that Menendez hid money from the alleged bribes in cash-stuffed envelopes throughout his home.... [+]Key Facts
Fetterman’s campaign is in the process of returning the $5,000 in donations he received from Menendez last year “in envelopes stuffed with $100 bills,” his spokesperson Joe Calvello said in a statement first provided toFetterman is the only fellow Democratic senator who has called on Menendez—who has denied all allegations against him—to resign from office after he was indicted last week on charges of taking bribes in the form of money, gold, home mortgage payments and a luxury car from three...
Fetterman also took a swipe at Menendez’s claim that the nearly $500,000 in cash allegedly found by FBI agents at his New Jersey home was for emergencies: “We have an extra flashlight for our home emergencies,” FettermanMenendez and his wife Nadine were each charged last week with conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud.
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