Clinton’s Shady Ties To Salomon Melgen

Thanks To His Dealings With Salomon Melgen, Sen. Menendez Is Under Indictment

Sen. Bob Menendez Was Indicted Today By A Federal Grand Jury In New Jersey On Charges Including Conspiracy To Commit Bribery And Wire Fraud. “Sen. Bob Menendez has been charged with using his office to improperly benefit a Florida eye doctor and political donor. A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted the New Jersey Democrat on charges including conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud.” (Eric Tucker and Jill Colvin, “New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted On Corruption Charges,” The Associated Press, 4/1/15)

Federal Prosecutors Believe That Menendez Undertook Improper Efforts to Benefit Salomon Melgen, A Florida Doctor Who Was A Contributor To Menendez’s Campaigns And A Longtime Friend. “After a more than two-year investigation, Menendez faces charges for what prosecutors believe were improper efforts by Menendez to help Salomon Melgen, a Florida-based doctor who was also a contributor to Menendez’s campaigns and his longtime friend.” (Paul Kane and Mike DeBonis, “Sen. Robert Menendez Indicted,” The Washington Post, 4/1/15)

Menendez Intervened On Melgen’s Behalf In A Dispute With Federal Regulators Over Medicare Charges And In An Attempt By Melgen To Secure A Port Security Contract In The Dominican Republic. “Menendez intervened on Melgen’s behalf in a dispute with the federal regulators over Medicare charges and in a bid by Melgen to secure a port security contract in the Dominican Republic.” (Paul Kane and Mike DeBonis, “Sen. Robert Menendez Indicted,” The Washington Post, 4/1/15)

  • In 2012, As Melgen Donated     $700,000 To Menendez And Other Democrats, Menendez Pushed For The     U.S. To Put A Long-Dormant Port Security Contract Into Effect After Melgen     Became The Main Investor In The Company Holding The Contract. “Menendez     also appeared to use his position to help Melgen after the doctor became     the chief investor in a company holding a long-dormant port security     contract in the Dominican Republic. The contract called for paying     lucrative fees for security screening of ships coming into the port. In     the summer of 2012, as Melgen donated $700,000 to support the senator and     other Democrats, Menendez pressed for the United States to push the     Dominican Republic to put the contract into effect. In a July Senate     hearing he scheduled on Latin American businesses, Menendez urged     officials from the Commerce and State departments to apply pressure to     countries that didn’t honor agreements with U.S. businesses. Without     naming Melgen, Menendez highlighted the contract to provide security in     the Dominican port.” (Paul     Kane and Mike DeBonis, “Sen. Robert Menendez Indicted,” The     Washington Post, 4/1/15)
  • In 2009 And 2012,     Menendez Spoke Directly To Top Federal Health Agency Officials And     Questioned Whether Federal Auditors Had Been Fair In Finding That Melgen     Had Overbilled The Government By $8.9 Million For Work Done At His Clinic.     “Twice     in recent years – in 2009 and 2012 – Menendez and his top staff spoke     directly to top federal health agency officials about their finding that     Melgen had overbilled the government by $8.9 million for care at his     clinic. Menendez repeatedly questioned whether federal auditors had been     fair in their assessment of Melgen’s billing for eye injections to treat     macular degeneration. His office said he questioned the fairness and     consistency of the federal agency in its decision-making with all doctors,     not just Melgen.”     (Paul Kane and Mike DeBonis, “Sen. Robert Menendez Indicted,” The     Washington Post, 4/1/15)

In 2013, Menendez Admitted To Receiving Improper Flights On Melgen’s Private Jet

In 2013 Menendez Admitted That He Flew To The Dominican Republic Multiple Times On Melgen’s Private Jet And Did Not Properly Pay For The Trips. “The roughly two-year-old investigation flared in 2013 when Menendez, under scrutiny, acknowledged that he flew multiple times on Melgen’s private jet to the Dominican Republic and initially failed to properly pay for the trips.” (Eric Tucker, “US Moving Toward Charging Doctor In Menendez Case,” The Associated Press, 3/30/15)

  • Later On, Menendez Reimbursed Melgen $58,500 For The     Flights Abroad, And Reimbursed Melgen $11,250 For A Flight From Florida To     New Jersey In 2011 That Menendez Also Had Not Paid For. “Menendez agreed to reimburse Melgen $58,500. His     office later disclosed a third flight, from Florida to New Jersey in 2011,     saying he had repaid Melgen $11,250 for it.” (Eric Tucker, “US Moving Toward Charging Doctor In     Menendez Case,” The     Associated Press, 3/30/15)

Melgen Has A Close Relationship With The Clinton’s

Melgen Has “Befriended” Former President Bill Clinton

According To The Miami Herald, Dr. Salomon Melgen “Befriended” Former President Bill Clinton. “Among the politicians whom Melgen has befriended, and for whom he has hosted private fundraisers at his 5,000-square-foot home: former U.S. Sens. Christopher Dodd and Bob Graham, late Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles — who also was a patient of Melgen’s — former President Bill Clinton, and Leonel Fernández, former president of the Dominican Republic.” (Amy Sherman, Alfonso Chardy and Daniel Chang, “Complex Portrait Of Doctor Linked To Menendez Probe,” The Miami Herald, 1/30/13)

Melgen’s Former Personal Assistant Patricia Goodman “Noted That Bill And Hillary Clinton Vacationed At The Doctor’s Home” In The Dominican Republic And “Became Good Friends With Terry McAuliffe.” “Goodman noted that Bill and Hillary Clinton vacationed at the doctor’s home in Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic, and that he became good friends with Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman and co-chair of Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign. ‘He used to go to Dr. Melgen’s home in Casa de Campo and play golf all the time,’ Goodman said of McAuliffe.” (Amy Sherman, Alfonso Chardy and Daniel Chang, “Complex Portrait Of Doctor Linked To Menendez Probe,” The Miami Herald, 1/30/13)

  • NOTE: Patricia Goodman Is “A Former Office     Administrator And Personal Assistant To Melgen.” “‘He’s a man that loves the limelight. He always has,’     said Patricia Goodman, 70, a former office administrator and personal     assistant to Melgen, who is now at the center of two FBI probes, one     involving published allegations that he provided free trips to the     Dominican Republic and prostitutes for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a New     Jersey Democrat.” (Amy Sherman, Alfonso Chardy     and Daniel Chang, “Complex Portrait Of Doctor Linked To Menendez Probe,” The     Miami Herald, 1/30/13)

Melgen Has Given Thousands Of Dollars To Clinton Political Campaigns

Saloman Melgen And His Wife Flor Melgen Have Given $8,600 To Hillary Clinton’s Political Campaigns. (Center For Responsive Politics, Accessed 4/1/15)

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