"Menendez has insisted that he is innocent of any crime, saying repeatedly that his interactions with Egyptian officials were normal for the head of the Foreign Relations Committee, and that he always put American interests first. He denied taking any bribes and said the gold bars belonged to his wife."
Menendez gets sentenced today. I hope he gets the maximum 15 years. American interests were well down his priority list. At the top were: me, me, me, my wife