Former Sinator in New Jersey Bob Minendes It was nothing but anything until after he was sentenced to 11 years in prison for federal corruption on Wednesday.
The 71 -year -old launched the case, in which he was Condemn By taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes while serving in the Senate, “chasing the political charming”. Mindez stands outside the US boycott court building in Manhattan, his plans to appeal his case and called an unlikely ally.
“president [Donald] Trump He was right. He said: “This process is political, and it is damaged to the core.
The representatives of the prosecution argued that Mindez took bribes that included cash payments and gold bars in exchange for getting rid of the effect on behalf of Egypt and Qatar. Last year, Mindez was convicted on 16 charges that included bribery and acting as a foreign customer. NBC News mentioned Mendez was looking for an amnesty from President Trump behind closed doors.
The Mindez case fell in a familiar place for Trump. There, the president was found responsible for sexual assault and defamation in the writer E. Jean CarrollWith the presence of sentences by the American boycott court judge, Luis Kaplan, totaling more than $ 88 million, as compensation. Trump I went in an amnesty In his first week in office, he included the mercy of 1500 accused on January 6. However, he did not give any indication that he might want to adhere to his short thumb in the eye of the court.
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