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Back in high school I easily beat now Senator Bob Melendez in a chess match between our schools.

 

He's in trouble now.

 

 

The Justice Department is preparing to file corruption charges against Senator Robert Menendez, a scrappy 61-year-old veteran of New Jersey politics, after a two-year investigation into allegations that he accepted gifts and lavish vacations in exchange for political favors for a longtime friend and political benefactor.

 

A law enforcement official said on Friday that the charges would be filed within a month against Mr. Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants, who rose from a childhood in the tenements to become the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is now the highest-ranking Latino Democrat in Congress.

 

Republicans called for his immediate resignation.

 

The federal investigation began with a salacious tip — unproven and vehemently disputed by Mr. Menendez — that Dr. Melgen had helped pay for under-age prostitutes for the senator in the Dominican Republic. The women who made the accusations ultimately recanted, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation continued its inquiry.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/us/menendez-expected-to-face-federal-corruption-charges.htm

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