Menendez's dirty political donations have contaminated the entire Democrat party, and possibly its hopes of retaining control of the Senate.
Sen. Bob Menendez’s dirty political donations have contaminated the entire Democrat party, and possibly its hopes of retaining control of the Senate, following bribery charges for allegedly sharing information with Egypt in exchange for cash and gold bars.on three counts of conspiracy, was the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before stepping down after Friday’s indictment.
In the 2022 midterm cycle, Menendez’s campaign committee and leadership PAC expenditures totaled about $1.5 million. Heabout 16 percent of the money on contributions, OpenSecrets reported. Much of that money Menendez gave to Democrat Senate allies, some of whom plan to return it in one-hundred-dollar bills — a denomination Menendez allegedly stashed in his home totaling $500,000.
“We are in process of returning the money in envelopes stuffed with $100 bills,” Joe Calvello, a spokesperson for Sen. John Fetterman ,Fetterman is just one Democrat Senator who received political donations from Menendez’s PAC. Below are nine of the top Democrats who received money from Menendez’s campaign committee in the 2022 cycle, OpenSecrets reported:$10,000Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — Gillibrand for SenateSen. Alex Padilla — Alex Padilla for SenateSen.
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