A Senator’s New Wife and Her Old Friends Draw Prosecutors’ Attention

By artappraiser on Tue, 08/01/2023 - 5:34pm |

Anyone still tethered to facts and logic would see this—criminal probe of a senior Democratic US Senator by the Biden-appointed black US Attorney in Manhattan—and think it badly undermines the GOP’s claims that Democrats have “weaponized” @TheJusticeDept. https://t.co/4TBugwF0c7
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) August 1, 2023

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/nyregion/nadine-menendez-federal-investigation.html

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Compare the actual details and seriousness with the endless Hunter Biden saga.

https://news.yahoo.com/senator-wife-her-old-friends-122734372.html

Nadine got bricks of gold: Hunter got some speakerphone attaboys

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/02/2023 - 2:10am

A press event will be held today at 11:00 a.m. to announce the unsealing of an indictment charging Robert Menendez, U.S. Senator from New Jersey, and his wife, Nadine Menendez, with bribery offenses in connection with their corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen. pic.twitter.com/CLTXnU0mAm
— US Attorney SDNY (@SDNYnews) September 22, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 9:41am

Super-thread on Twtter by WaPo reporter reading thru indictment starts here

Menendez had all charges in his previous indictment dismissed in January 2018.

New indictment says this "corrupt relationship" began around 2018. pic.twitter.com/DWAWjVtad4
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 22, 2023

sure does have some amazing things....

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 6:19pm

Derek Guy, the popular men's tailoring guy, is on the part of the story that concerns him:

if you hide money and gold bars in a tailored jacket, you should get your jackets made with a poacher's pocket, which is a large internal pocket on the lower half of the garment, enforced by a strap that connects to the armhole. hunters used these to hide game from gamekeepers pic.twitter.com/f6HjSxSmRs
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) September 22, 2023

Another way to hide gold is to hollow out your heels. According to company lore, John Lobb of St. James in London used to make shoes like this for gold miners who wished to hide bounty. I imagine a bespoke shoemaker can still make something like this for you today. pic.twitter.com/BTWjLAKJA9
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) September 22, 2023

Why is this better/different than any other internal pocket
— jotísimo, joto jotón (@LanguageSpeaker) September 22, 2023

it's much larger. the original intent was to hide something like a small bird or a rabbit. but as you can see in the photo, you can also use it to hold magazines and sandwiches. functions like a tote bag.
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) September 22, 2023

Like east-end tailors in london would make a suit jacket with a cosh pocket, so as to hide the bulge...
— Jez Wyke (@jezwyke) September 22, 2023

OI MATE! YOU 'AVEN'T GOT A COSH ON YOU, YEH?
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) September 22, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 6:32pm

Andrew Yang:

Imagine having been investigated for corruption and then still taking the gold bars a few years later.
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 23, 2023

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 10:50pm

18 Democratic senators have now called for Bob Menendez to resign.https://t.co/GkTzD38wqf
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) September 26, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/26/2023 - 7:46pm

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