Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty in federal corruption trial

[@willie346]

Jury took only 13 hours to find him guilty on all 18 counts - slam dunk. He'll appeal, but any single guilty verdict will send him to jail for 20 years.

[@jim2376]

Less than an hour of deliberation per count. The evidence must have been clear. Say goodnight, Bob.

[@franciscobassi3597]

No Eileen Cannon for him 😢

[@cephasdaka7279]

Isn't he too old to go to jail?

[@ecurewitz]

@@cephasdaka7279no. He can share a cell with trump

[@Satellite2145]

One person was on trial and only required the jury to find him guilty on one of three charges, didn’t even have to be unanimous. And they found him guilty on 34 counts but under appeal process now to be reversed later

[@BertoJA876]

He has been violating NJ residents constitutional rights for years.

[@taxicamel]

And AFTER all the actual EVIDENCE has been presented to a JURY ....PROVING GUILT ....Menendez comes out in front of cameras and LIES about all the accusations which were ALL SUPPORTED WITH EVIDENCE IN COURT!!! Sound familiar? POLITICIANS and the terms LIARS, CHEATS, pretty well sums up their characters. Let's all hope that "eventually" ...the justice system will START to prevail, and that ALL these politicians will in fact end up in jail for their crimes. .

[@JToca]

Down with corruption.

[@andreachristensen8287]

According to the Supreme Court if he got it afterwards, it's not a bribe

[@OkiChick302]

I wish our Supreme Court felt the same.

[@katejackson4142]

Corruption is corruption no matter who it is!

[@montanaonthefly6400]

Biden is next....

[@annanimity8310]

💯

[@davestambaugh7282]

An other alligator removed from the swamp.

[@pango-y8j]

To balance out All the ones trump put in 😢

[@danmac-d7w]

and donnie didnt remove it

[@marcmarinacci7378]

but there are sooo many more!!

[@ELD-zg4kc]

dont put Trump in this​@@pango-y8j

[@danmac-d7w]

@@marcmarinacci7378 sure dude, name them with actual proof not the usual bullcrap we are constantly hearing from you buggers

[@charlessmith4714]

Now this is a real felony not something that's trumped up

[@NefastusJones]

The Biden D.O.J. really sticking it to the Democrats!! Yahoo Oh, wait a minute...

[@BluePlanet470]

Tried to blame his wife for it. How pathetic...

[@wictimovgovonca320]

Is he a friend of Alito?

[@Gabbyness41]

@@wictimovgovonca320they do have similar values? Idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@wictimovgovonca320 No, but he is friends with Biden!

[@darrenjones2396]

I'm sure this is not his first time. He was smart enough to get paid in Gold.

[@pierrerochon7271]

SMART???

[@ecurewitz]

It isn’t. He was indicted before, but got off. Not this time

[@Gabbyness41]

I believe it’s his second time.

[@lucaazeri1700]

100%

[@Aron2063]

Gold Bar Bob 😂🤣😂🤣

[@JT-wn7wb]

😂😂

[@Sbannmarie]

lol 😝 😢😂

[@danielpalmer643]

Bye bye, Bob.

[@Sbxallday]

​@@user-qr7ee2cp4yProjection 🤣🤣🤣

[@760HorsePower]

He was set up by Putin 😡

[@angelobasso8096]

and Joe

[@TheNivKo]

​@@user-qr7ee2cp4ywhatever helps you sleep at night baby 🐥

[@robertlowe4838]

@@user-qr7ee2cp4y Nice try but he fits in perfectly with the democrat party since Biden was doing the same crimes.

[@hermenutic]

I guess this means we don't have to refer to him as "The Honorable Bob Menendez" anymore 😮

[@RBS314]

He was so honorable, he blamed his wife.😮

[@marcmarinacci7378]

America needs to stuff this "honorable "BS in the toilet.....honoeable clarence and alito and gorsuch? Sir trump ??

[@hermenutic]

@@RBS314 He might have been telling the truth.

[@Larz1961]

He forgot to give 10% to the big guy.

[@annanimity8310]

🎯

[@rogerthat117]

Bob served the state of New Jersey the way a bull services a cow

[@marcmarinacci7378]

This is an American problem also, not just NJ.......

[@Shadow_Banned_Conservative]

@@marcmarinacci7378 It's an "American problem" more so in some places in America than others.

[@phillipdavidhaskett7513]

That's priceless.

[@rogerthat117]

@@phillipdavidhaskett7513 👍

[@tenebrisdumplin4583]

No wonder he was found guilty, he wasn't sending 10% to the Big Guy.

[@Highimdadtwo]

You copy-pasted this off another person. Grow your own brain and use that thing. Trust yourself to make good choices instead of letting others do it for you

[@marcdavey8487]

How much did trumps son in law earn from the middle east?

[@joecap4372]

This is what you call pure greed... You want to be greedy but always throw a fish back

[@TamponTimWalz]

Great to see the justice system works

[@mananimal3644]

Thank you🙏🏿

[@rogerthat117]

What is it they say about a broken clock

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

It works as long as Republicans aren't interfering.

[@southernpride2405]

@@MachiavellisThePrince democrats have been interfering with this 2024 election by trying to jail their political opponents

[@xtremeentertainmenttv9664]

@@MachiavellisThePrinceit works as long as demonrats throw people like bob menendez under the bus so people like Biden can stay afloat

[@scarrmd]

Treason plain and simple

[@fett713akamandodragon5]

You may want to look up the definition of words before you use them.

[@user-bo1rj2xu2s]

@@fett713akamandodragon5 Thank you.

[@Tess-my8uo]

As an independent I find it’s fair justice .. senator menendez you freaking disgrace to your seat and I am calling for resignation !! Democrats pls remove menendez out of all commitees .. find someone better for that seat

[@SaltySouthTexan]

Also, acting as a foreign agent, doesn’t that fall under the treason statute? I didn’t realize how bad this was. Wow

[@alexanderthomas2586]

😂 no. It doesn't. it can be something like working for foreign oil company and lobbying the government for less foreign oil. regulations. I'm more worried about the extortion charges.

[@fett713akamandodragon5]

Only if it is a country that is considered an enemy or adversary, calm yourself.

[@arronsmith4958]

@@SaltySouthTexan Treason is spelled out in that document that Trump wants to abolish... if you care, you're more than welcome to look up what qualifies for that crime and educate yourself about our government.

[@raywhitehead730]

Trump never said that, you made it up. Or your still on drugs.

[@DBuilds]

​@@arronsmith4958can you cite where he said he wanted to abolish the constitution? Like anywhere other than news said he said. Because they don't lie right?

[@NanuqoftheNorth]

It's amazing how well our justice system works (when corrupt judges don't run interference for corrupt politicians).

[@Chris-xv7wd]

Find your biological parents

[@bartwieden]

Or the SCOTUS doesn't offer immunity.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

he slipped by a couple times before - he got full of himself and sloppy - it gets them all eventually - even the morbidly obese ones covered in makeup

[@MySpace662]

Bribed with Tutankhamun's gold bars that was cursed.

[@codykermes1682]

When will politician's quit selling off America.

[@xtremeentertainmenttv9664]

When people quit voting blue

[@rosegardenia8588]

Never

[@hdmf]

When they start going to jail.

[@randomaxe662]

But Scotus just ruled these are only tips, not bribes. As based on their own experience.

[@investwithjeff]

We know.. both sides of the isle are full of criminals in DC.

[@barbarasmith8806]

Look how swift Justice can work.

[@crinklecut3790]

It’s amazing! When the charges are legitimate the system can work relatively fast.

[@barbarasmith8806]

@crinklecut3790 or if you're not the former guy throwing up as many hurdles as possible even though guilty as heck.

[@BHShaman]

@@crinklecut3790 DJT Almost entire Cabinet has been convicted (which are all legitimate charges) and they took years to adjudicate.

[@samiurrahman5725]

if its true thn AIPAC should be prosecuted as well...

[@normarojo5834]

Yes.

[@newjack1982]

It’s almost espionage what he did with Egypt

[@texajp1946]

His daughter works for MSDNC

[@johnrichardson7280]

And your head's up your cult

[@gervais.d8399]

A SEN taking Bribes ? Noooooooooooooo

[@user-yj5lk7ju5d]

Egypt acting against USA 😡🤬

[@rw31415]

It's amazing how quick trials are when DJT is not the accused.

[@carlocalingasan998]

Not really. He's been charged with different types of corruption for almost 10 years now and keeps getting away with it. Biden next?

[@petermontalbano3910]

He's going to appeal which is his right to do.

[@Jeff-ih8gi]

9 month trial quick? for an open and shut case?

[@TamponTimWalz]

Cry 😢 😭

[@beebee_0136]

Are they accorded the same level of immunity a posteriori?

[@theuntouchable7277]

Democrat Bob Menendez found guilty of selling his office? Incredible!

[@civilization57]

Did the Big Guy get 10%? Or is that just with Hunter's influence peddling?

[@elisamartinelli7676]

Not a 2 teir Justice system, do you hear dems crying foul? No infact many of them before the trial asked him to resign. Both sides have corruption the difference is between republicans is dems and independents have emotional intelleigence and common sense to know better.

[@albertowachsman]

Unlike the Orange Turd, he is not worshiped by his party.

[@760HorsePower]

Putin set him up

[@arronsmith4958]

​@@civilization57never let facts or the GO P's own witness testimony get in the way of your little disinformation campaign. Life's pretty rough in Russia right now, huh?

[@justmythoughts2786]

The crooked elite

[@dm-31024]

Hooray Harry. Good job CNN bringing on Mr. Litman.🎉. Great channel - talking feds. 7:38 shame on these corrupt politicians & judges 😠

[@ChrisPBacon-vk7sj]

Only 534 more to prosecute.

[@americanpatriot9865]

Gold bar Bob will now be called Iron bar Bob!

[@bspoon5041]

Hmm didn't the supreme court just dismiss bribery to protect Thomas and alito?

[@johnward43]

Didn’t Joe Biden fall down walking up stairs yesterday?

[@KelsJune]

Hmm didn’t the moon turn green???

[@dreamcoyote]

I'm guessing he would have to include that in the appeal, but the order of events is important, apparently.

[@ecurewitz]

Menendez will appeal based on that

[@raywhitehead730]

All counts.

[@thedetectorist2419]

YOUR NEXT JOE

[@garyhoffman1]

Your next Joe? My next Joe? Who is my next Joe? Joe DiMaggio? Joe Namath? And why are you yelling?

[@beefree5215]

He probably wasn’t playing well in the corrupt political syndicate sandbox.

[@daniel-jm7lj]

Crooked bob bye bye

[@khookeekeng]

There are many like him in US politics 😂

[@troyreed6470]

Guess the big guy didn’t get his 10%

[@williamrussell3811]

look at the bright side BOB 18 more counts and you can run for Pres!!!!

[@bartwieden]

and get immunity

[@Tom-xn8nn]

Bad month for Democrats

[@PavlovsDog-kl8mo]

Now, can the DOJ do the same for a republican career criminal?

[@dm-31024]

Good. But what are the consequences? Who wins? Those companies in Egypt 🇪🇬. Maybe buy local and support North American companies?

[@PokeRemcards]

Apparently if the president does that it's not illegal. Thanks Supreme Court

[@johnward43]

Apparently, Biden has dementia. Thanks old age! 👌🏻

[@henryroman5415]

How is taking bribes, an official act? You people are pathetic.

[@PokeRemcards]

@@henryroman5415 how is using seal team 6 to off your opponent an official act? Yet the Supreme Court ruled it.

[@henryroman5415]

@@PokeRemcards Like I said. Pathetic.

[@PokeRemcards]

@henryroman5415 I think it's safe to assume to dog actually follow politics.

[@muhidinabatemam2267]

He takes so much gold 🥇🥇🥇 and money from Egypt ( Ethiopian renaissance dam) Geo political game is over Ethiopia is winning the race Truth is always winner 🏆🏆🏆🥇

[@rolandtinker734]

Huh imagine a Democrat

[@davidorth4906]

WTF...they found the gold at his wife's home. Get real CNN. They found the gold in Senator Bob's home.

[@rogerthat4545]

And justice for all

[@ReRiderChi]

He's going nowhere and don't see him resigning

[@michaelmenard9745]

The tenth week of trial yet CNN never posted a video of it or even talked about.

[@GlobexCorporationHank]

I didn't even know the trial was going on. I watch the news all the time.

[@AlexSantos-jk2dv]

As a Cuban I'm deeply ashamed of this guy!!!!

[@joecap4372]

The difference between me and Bob Melendez the only gold in my house is solid gold oldies

[@davidsghost4993]

To throw away your reputation for money, very sad.

[@daviderickennedy2194]

I wonder if anyone in Egypt will pay for their corruption.

[@DavidSchneiderIP]

"If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics." ~ Will Rogers "All politicians lie." ~ The Behavior Panel "Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." ~ Mark Twain

[@TylerRoy-qm4qo]

Ok, now can the Supreme Court justices be found guilty of federal crimes

[@selftrue670]

Like what? Name one. Just because you don't agree with their decisions.

[@elmosweed4985]

Like Kavanaugh the perjury King

[@charlessmith4714]

Did you find gold bars on some of the justices

[@dreamcoyote]

@@charlessmith4714 Just RVs and invoices for private school tuition, among other things. FYI Thomas worked in revenue and taxation division for the assistant attorney general of Missouri. He knew better. He's always known better.

[@southernpride2405]

The left is trying, but the left is failing horribly. 😂

[@johnward43]

The Democrats are falling apart. It’s been a great year!

[@KristinaFletcher66]

Yesss! 😇

[@bbhjh8536]

​@@KristinaFletcher66 This shows Democrats are quick to condemn criminality, unlike all Republicans who embrace all lies and condone wrong doings among guilty Republicans! What a difference! 😮🤮

[@pierrerochon7271]

@@KristinaFletcher66 BOTS OUT

[@lucaazeri1700]

BRAVO MADAME JUSTICE !

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

And Menendez will declare himself to be a Republican to evade justice in 3, 2, 1...

[@AOT_HxH95]

No one is above the law.

[@abeguy7981]

There goes dems majority in senate.. Schumer has asked mendez to resign

[@samstewart9249]

That's integrity, not like Republicans, keeping Santos around until after the vote!

[@abeguy7981]

@@samstewart9249 yeah. Integrity ??? When dems showed spine when bill perjured .. Hehe.. They removed him... Hahahaa

[@nyranstanton203]

What benefit does owning gold bars have in jail? Special commissary?

[@johncoe6304]

AMAZING THAT CNN EVEN COVERED THIS, seeing how long they have avoided the story.

[@rayseyfarth]

There is a lot of other news. It is justice, but his limited effect on the world means less news about him. Thankfully his abuse of his office is over.

[@jorgemorales1514]

Jail 50 years

[@Realityisathing]

A politician is corrupt? No way.

[@itsenergybob8917]

Way.

[@andrewking4350]

So when it Egypt go to jail but when it’s Israel no charges

[@johnward43]

Democrats way.

[@Realityisathing]

@@johnward43 both.

[@itsenergybob8917]

@@johnward43 That makes two with Hunter and they're still lagging way behind.

[@ReconnectingMyself]

Knock knock "justice" Thomas

[@benscheidhastoomuchtosay2094]

Look, who doesn’t have several different gold bars at home?!

[@popetaintiv7809]

This world is so hard on big ballers

[@noelgraham4607]

Really!

[@henryroman5415]

I have an oil well in my bathroom.

[@splender88]

I fail to see what the difference is between this and what Clarence Thomas has done as is still doing!

[@chriscook3899]

And that’s how a broke man can get rich as a senator.

[@darrenjones2396]

Sad but true!!!!

[@lakeeffectmusicable]

Will democrats do the right thing and remove him? Doubt it.

[@icausedbidenflation9999]

Did Bob fall down????

[@johnward43]

No that’s Biden. He actually fell walking up stairs.

[@mustafabinsober1248]

Did he get the Ruten Tuten diamond?

Too bad he dont have a judge in his pocket like trump .

[@Tony-md7dk]

Crazy how little coverage this got from the media.

[@RaidersAlLDaY2519]

Let's see MSNDC and CNN and morning Joe's spin on this...convicted felon 🤔

[@texajp1946]

His daughter works at MSDNC

[@KD0AFK33]

thank you for telling us this, miss robot lady

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

His wife and co-workers should be investigated as he didn't do this and hide it alone

[@Sbxallday]

Tell us you you don't pay attention without telling us 😂😂😂

[@TamponTimWalz]

Typical democrat

[@rogerthat4545]

Yes, being held accountable for his crimes, unlike other people

[@sheikyerboutitango9882]

Dennis Hastert: typical Republican.

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

Hold on there... Brandon only took 10% of the racket.

[@sheikyerboutitango9882]

Maybe the judge should have thrown the case out before it ever happened. I'm sure you would have approved of that, right?

[@lifeonthefarm6001]

Typical Democrat ? Dude your guy has been convicted on 34 counts of fraud, not to mention he was found guilty of rape in civil court, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Are you sure you want to sit here and act like republicans are somehow above bar when it comes to crime ? Seriously?

[@andymendoza7422]

Absolutely “PURE GREED “…

[@cleanmyshorts1]

Now this should prove the justice system is unbiased and works 😎

[@albertowachsman]

Rreally? When you have so many examples of corrupt judges, including in the Supreme Court?

[@BS-ck5sh]

You could convict the President's son, you can convict a Democratic senator, you could lock up every democratic leader, and it would not make a difference, the GOP leaders will always, always say that any charge against them is political. The GOP is the most corrupt party in the history of the US. They also question why it is conservatives being charged, and claim it is because of their religious beliefs. Bait and switch, it is not because I did the things they say I did(most times they don't even deny that they did it) they are after me because I am Christian conservative. That is what Trump uses, and why it sticks with his followers, that if they go after me they will go after you. He has convinced a large portion of the population that he is Christian.

[@daveh322]

Yikes!!! this guy is SCREWED!!!1

[@Eric-pz9hv]

Every morning I wake up I see Democrats taking L's. This is almost predictable.

[@user-gh7mo5il4y]

Sick rich and greedy ! Got to have it all by Bob

[@laylaw1507]

Well damn, ALREADY??!!!😂

[@johnrindy4173]

I thought the system was rigged?

[@StampitisDP]

It is

[@arronsmith4958]

@@johnrindy4173 only when it's a conservative criminal going through the system. The lack of cried about the corruption is telling in that the D's clearly don't want someone enriching themselves with their office, and the R's only care when it's them.

[@arronsmith4958]

@@StampitisDP just not the way that the GO P likes to claim it is.

[@spankyssurprise1361]

​​@@arronsmith4958It is....bob has been doing this for years.

[@ecurewitz]

Eileen cannon rigged it for trump

[@Bar-l7w]

Guilty gone! So disgraceful!

[@BHShaman]

Guess Justice rolls fast when you have not appointed all the judges you try and get in front of.

[@johnward43]

Guess you get bad security if you’re a Republican running for President. 😮

[@Ratzrunningwildz]

Or when there’s actual evidence 😂

[@OkiChick302]

Ain't that the truth.

[@arronsmith4958]

Pretty sure there was lots of evidence in the documents case...🙄

[@Hyperpandas]

​@@arronsmith4958Including Trump's own admission that he took the documents....

[@dm-31024]

Good to see Justice, but how did it happen? Shameful to see corruption amongst government officials. Who wins? Egypt? support 🇺🇸 companies?

[@1ApeinSpace]

Why do they give us the maximum sentence, we all know only black and brown people get the maximum.

[@bobsguitarstudio715]

Menendez is Latino.

[@huskydogable]

Boohoo!

[@OhioOwns]

they gave him the max...... but that only ever happens to black folks. I mean, yeah, he got the max.... but it's not like he got the max or something. he isn't black. what a stupid statement.

[@user-bo1rj2xu2s]

Dude, we're not interested that right now. Move on.

[@berardoferrari]

charles manson and ted the unibomber were both white! go back to sleep!

[@Facts_and_statistics_matter]

So much for the claims of selective prosecution

[@MrKoolpope411]

Republicans still saying the system is rigged?

[@johnward43]

Not after November. 😂😂😂🎉🎉

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

Well the guy only had gold bars and thousands of dollars stuffed in every orifice of his house so I don't think the jury had much choice.

[@johncoe6304]

MR. KOOL-AID drinking his own juice. Beta boy.

[@michaelrusso6822]

Several felonies with overwhelming evidence in this case.

[@mikedavidson8419]

Project 2025 will fix you!

[@chrisshoemaker3855]

New Jersey Democrat here, it’s time for him to resign

[@erichongisto]

No corrupt Judges, interventions by Scotus or name calling, stalling or BS. That's justice. Wish the GOP was this legit.

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

Indeed, the difference between Democrats and Republicans is night and day. It's insane how different the republicans throw tantrums and come up with just nut job plots to defend eachother... Democrats just praise the legal system for taking frauds out of the system!

[@Onetwothreepeanuts]

​@JohnAnders-v5m😂

[@craig1669]

My how the tables have turned

[@jeremyfunchess8519]

He was guilty when he walked in court.

[@tomhermens7698]

Do i feel sorry. No !!!