Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) faces a new federal investigation, Semafor reports.
“Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have contacted people connected to Menendez in recent weeks… They have sent at least one subpoena in the case.”
“Menendez and a Florida eye doctor, Salomon Melgen, were indicted in 2015 for an alleged arrangement under which the doctor provided flights on a private jet and lavish vacations in exchange for the senator’s help with government contracts and other public favors. Menendez’s lawyers argued that the two men were simply good friends. The inquiry ended in a mistrial in 2017 after the jury failed to reach a verdict.”
