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Comeuppance for Menendez, Obama and Hagel
Washington Post (blog) - 48 minutes ago
And when Melgen needed help with a port security contract in the Dominican Republic last year, Menendez urged U.S. officials to press the country to carry out the multimillion-dollar agreement.” Democrats haven't yet thrown him overboard, but his days ...
Sen. Menendez: No Undue Influence on Behalf of Political Donor
ABC News - 15 minutes ago
Still, Menendez's close ties to Melgen have sparked scrutiny in recent weeks. The Senate ethics committee is investigating two free trips he took to Melgen's residence in the Dominican Republic in 2010. He recently paid Melgen $58,000 from his personal ...
Report cites more ties between Menendez, under-fire doctor
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) - 1 hour ago
Robert Menendez twice spoke to federal health officials about a Medicare billing dispute involving his friend and donor Salomon Melgen, the Washington Post reported today, raising more questions about the ties between the Democratic senator and South ...
Menendez says he called gov't in way to help donor
Boston.com - 9 minutes ago
The senator called federal health officials in 2009 and met with them again in 2012, each time urging them to change what he called an unfair payment policy which had cost his friend Melgen $8.9 million, according to an official close to the investigation who ...
Sen. Menendez acknowledges he contacted US gov't amid billing fight with ...
Washington Post - 33 minutes ago
This was during a dispute between CMS and Salomon Melgen, a longtime friend and donor. The FBI searched Melgen's Florida offices last week. Menendez says, “The bottom line is, we raised concerns with CMS over policy and over ambiguities that are ...
Report: Menendez pressed officials over donor's federal audit
The Hill (blog) - 4 hours ago
Melgen, a close friend of Menendez's, reportedly overbilled the U.S. government by almost $9 million, inviting a federal audit. Menendez aides said that the senator contacted officials on two occasions to complain that the billing rules were unclear and that the ...
Cough: Menendez Repeatedly Intervened on Disgraced Donor's Behalf
Town Hall - 1 hour ago
Just for reference, Melgen donated $700,000 to Menendez and other Senate Democrats in 2012 alone. It gets better: Other Florida doctors have asserted that Melgen used his close relationship with Menendez to intimidate critics within his profession.
Senator Bob Menendez Is Under Investigation For Sordid Ethics Violations
Business Insider - 1 hour ago
US media reported that the FBI conducted a raid on Tuesday on the West Palm Beach offices of Salomon Melgen, a friend who has made financial contributions to the political campaigns of Democratic Senator Robert Menendez. The Miami Herald said ...
Where could Svetlana be?
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog) - 14 hours ago
The original source of the scandal surrounding Melgen and New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, a tipster who goes by “Peter Williams,” first told ABC News' Rhonda Schwartz about this woman in early 2012. “Williams” identified her as “Svetlana B.” ...
Controversy surrounding Menendez deepens.
PolitickerNJ - 34 minutes ago
Melgen has donated heavily to Menendez and last year donated $700,000 to a Democratic PAC that spent more than $600,000 on Menendez's race against challenger Joe Kyrillos. Menendez had a two to one money advantage over Kyrillos in the race.
Sen. Menendez Suggested Feds Shouldn't Be So Hard on His Shady Doctor ...
New York Magazine - 5 hours ago
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez hasn't said much about the various allegations surrounding his relationship with donor/shady doctor friend Salomon Melgen — including claims that he solicited underage prostitutes, failed to disclose $60,000 in flights on ...
Capital Eye Opener, Feb. 7: Menendez Ties to Donor Deepen, Hutchison Joins ...
Center for Responsive Politics - 2 hours ago
As we reported last week, the donor, Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen -- who's now under investigation by the FBI -- and his family have given more than $426,000 to federal candidates since 1992. The list of recipients includes Republicans and many ...
Senator Menendez sticks up for his benefactor against Medicare overbilling ...
Human Events - 3 hours ago
The rest of it went into luxuries such as a private jet – which Menendez suddenly remembered he owed Melgen $58,000 for using, just as conservative bloggers began digging into a story the mainstream media had studiously ignored throughout the election ...
Reports: Menendez intervened for Palm Beach donor doc in Medicare dispute
Palm Beach Post - 2 hours ago
North Palm Beach resident Melgen, his family and businesses have given more than $1.1 million to federal and state political candidates and committees over the past 20 years, with the bulk of the money going to Democrats. Menendez has been the largest ...
Robert Menendez Contacted Federal Officials In Medicare Dispute With Top ...
Huffington Post - 25 minutes ago
Robert Menendez Contacted Federal Officials In Medicare Dispute With Top Donor Salomon Melgen. The Washington Post | Posted: 02/07/2013 11:16 am EST. Robert Menendez Medicare. The Washington Post reported ...
Menendez Went To Bat For Florida Eye Doctor In Medicare Dispute
TPM - 3 hours ago
Bob Menendez (D-NJ) reached out to top federal officials on behalf of Salomon Melgen after the Florida eye doctor was audited for overbilling the government, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Menendez aides said Wednesday that the junior New ...
Menendez Waded Into Top Donor's Fraud Case
Newser - 1 hour ago
Robert Menendez twice tried to intervene on behalf of pal and major campaign donor Dr. Salomon Melgen in the optometrist's ongoing battle with Medicare over alleged fraud, the Washington Post and New York Times report. Melgen is accused of overbilling ...
Bob Menendez Sex Scandal Intensifies As FBI Shifts Focus to New Jersey
PolicyMic - 3 hours ago
According to the Daily Caller piece, the two women said they met Menendez around Easter at Casa de Campo, a 7,000-acre resort in the Dominican Republic owned by West Palm Beach, Fla. ophthalmologist Dr. Salomon Melgen. The women, who asked for ...
More on Melgen and Menendez
WJNO - 42 minutes ago
The lawmaker reached out to federal officials back in 2009 about the government's audit into Dr melgen. That audit found the doctor overbilled medicare by nearly $9 million. Menendez reportedly complained to the director overseeing medicare payments, ...
"Bob": A Corrupt Senator
Cubasi.cu - 16 minutes ago
A republican senator for Georgia, Johnny Isakson, declared that a few days back FBI agents raided one of Melgen's residences, located in West Palm Beach, under the suspicion of embezzling the health system for the elder, Medicare. The wealthy oculist has ...
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