Tag: corruption
Menendez Lawyers: That Cash, Gold Was a Trauma Response
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The latest in the Gold Bar Bob saga has the Senator attempting to have a psychiatrist testify that an untreated mental illness from trauma experienced 50 years ago led to his need to hoard cash and other valuables in the coat pockets of his closet. I continue to find it…
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar and Wife Indicted on Bribery and Foreign Influence Charges
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According to the indictment, the Cuellars allegedly accepted roughly $600,000 in bribes from the two foreign entities in exchange for the congressman performing official acts. “The bribe payments were allegedly laundered, pursuant to sham consulting contracts, through a series of front companies and middlemen into shell companies owned by Imelda…