Reply #21: 2 main allegations

[Jersey Devil]

1 - That Menendez acted unethically by receiving about $300,000 rent for an apartment building he owned that was rented to a government agency. It turns out that Menendez sought an ethics opinion from the House ethics people and was advised there was no problem, that he could rent it without any ethics violation.

2 - A sleezy Hudson County character charged with corruption who unfortunately was also a Menendez advisor went around dropping Menendez name when looking for jobs for political pals, which he taped, apparently to get himself a better plea deal. Menendez name is used on the tapes to try to influence others to give jobs, but there is no proof whatsoever that Menendez knew anything about it or did anything whatsoever to authorize the use of his name. In fact, in one of these situations Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ 9th) was pushed to give such a job and refused because he thought the worker was not up to the job.