NJ Dems seek to bar imprisoned Bob Menendez from future office as GOP targets his state pension

Top New Jersey officials asked for a court’s assistance successful legally preventing scandal-plagued erstwhile Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., from ever seeking oregon holding bureau successful the Garden State again.

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat, said Monday that Menendez – sentenced successful January to 11 years for bribery, extortion, obstruction and charges helium was acting arsenic an unregistered overseas cause for Egypt – abused his Senate relation for his "own idiosyncratic and fiscal benefit."

"[He] betray[ed] the radical who elected him and the oath helium swore to service their interests and not his own," Platkin said successful a statement.

"Today, my bureau sought a tribunal bid ensuring helium volition beryllium fixed nary specified accidental again in New Jersey."

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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was indicted connected bribery charges. (Getty Images | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York)

Platkin added helium wants to guarantee the regularisation of instrumentality is applied arsenic careless of governmental affiliation. "[C]orruption has consequences," said Platkin, whose bureau of Public Integrity and Accountability filed the suit successful Mercer County authorities superior court. He said helium wants the tribunal to corroborate Menendez is "forever disqualified" from seeking oregon holding nationalist bureau oregon employment from the municipal level up.

His bureau noted that erstwhile Paterson Democratic Mayor Joey Torres, convicted connected corruption charges arsenic well, has been successfully barred successful that respect nether a akin order. At the aforesaid time, the authorities legislature’s Republican number wants to spot Menendez suffer his state-funded pension from his elected roles anterior to his clip successful Congress.

Menendez archetypal served arsenic politician of Union City successful the 1980s, earlier rising into an assembly and aboriginal a authorities Senate spot centered astir West New York, New Jersey, until his determination to Congress successful 1992.

State Assemblymember Aura Dunn, R-Boonton, is seeking to person him stripped of his continuing $1,066-per-month pension of much than 30 years.

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Dunn has drafted a measure that prevents radical similar Menendez from receiving specified a taxpayer-funded payout.

"Most radical presume this would hap automatically, particularly present successful the Soprano State. The information that we request a tribunal bid to barroom a convicted felon similar 'Gold Bar Bob' from nationalist enactment is absurd," Dunn told Fox News Digital connected Tuesday.

Dunn’s bill, A4430, would necessitate authorities and section pension trustees to bid forfeiture of earned work credits oregon benefits to immoderate subordinate convicted of a authorities oregon national crime, oregon who is recovered to person committed misconduct.

"What’s worse? He’s inactive collecting a taxpayer-funded pension. That’s the existent outrage. If the instrumentality doesn’t support up with communal sense, I’ll alteration it," Dunn said.

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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee gathering connected Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 successful Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Menendez has routinely professed his innocence, portion saying publically aft his sentencing that helium present understands President Donald Trump's criticisms of the justness strategy during his proceedings successful New York.

"President Trump is right. This process is political, and it's corrupted to the core. I anticipation President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores integrity to the system," Menendez said.

The ex-lawmaker’s wife, Nadine, was convicted connected akin charges successful April, including facilitating bribes successful the signifier of the infamous golden bars. She volition beryllium sentenced June 12.