# NJ Senator Menendez indicted on multiple corruption charges {2023-09-22} - Convicted on all counts on July 16, 2024
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544 "2023-09-22T15:02:06Z")
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544/381 "2025-01-29T22:49:06Z")
From article quoted by **Measure\_for\_Measure** :
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> “President Trump is right – this process is political and it’s corrupted to the core,” Menendez said. “I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.”
Or, in other words:
> “Trump pardoned Blagoyevich, didn’t he? Maybe if I make nice sounds about him, he’ll do the same for me!”
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544/382 "2025-01-29T22:54:26Z")
Mendendez told the court “you really don’t know me”
Apparently the judge was distracted by the cash, the gold bars and the convertible.
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### Author:  [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544/383 "2025-04-21T21:42:50Z")
And now:
> **[Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme](https://apnews.com/article/nadine-menendez-bribery-verdict-bf8d928577906b854fc09d62d29bd841)**
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> The wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has been convicted of charges that she teamed up with the New Jersey Democrat to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544/384 "2025-04-21T21:43:39Z")
Couldn’t have happened to a better couple of people.
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### Author:  [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544/385 "2025-04-22T00:50:43Z")
Hey don’t go eciplsing the wonderful McCloskeys.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544/386 "2025-04-22T09:42:48Z")
I don’t actually know who they are.
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### Author:  [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544/387 "2025-04-22T13:13:59Z")
These are them:
> **[St. Louis gun-toting incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_gun-toting_incident)**
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> On June 28, 2020, during the George Floyd protests in St. Louis, Missouri, Patricia and Mark McCloskey pointed firearms and yelled at protesters marching through the private neighborhood they co-owned. Some protesters yelled back. The incident gained national news coverage and sparked controversy.
> St. Louis circuit attorney Kimberly Gardner filed charges against the McCloskey couple on July 20, 2020. This decision drew national attention. On June 17, 2021, the McCloskeys pled guilty to misdeme...
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-senator-menendez-indicted-on-multiple-corruption-charges-2023-09-22-convicted-on-all-counts-on-july-16-2024/990544/388 "2025-04-22T13:26:54Z")
Oh, right, those lunatics. Menendez and his wife are definitely worse – corruption in a senator is worse for the country than random gun-toting crazies, IMO.
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