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Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez appealed to President Donald Trump in a statement released after his sentencing on Wednesday.
Menendez posted the information to X after receiving an 11-year prison sentence after being convicted on bribery charges in the longest sentenced ever handed down to a U.S. senator.
“I am innocent and look forward to my appeal on a whole host of issues. But let me just say this whole process has been nothing but a political witch hunt, by the Justice Department’s NSD and prosecutors who are more interested in political scalps, and preparing to run for political office, like Damian Williams,” Menendez began in his lengthy appeal.
“Only in the SDNY could prosecutors send the jury illegal evidence, that violates the judges order and the constitutions speech and debate clause, have no accountability as to who, and how that illegal evidence got to the jury, claim that it was critical evidence when they were trying to convince the judge not once but twice to allow it to be presented to the jury, and then when they were challenged, say that it was unimportant. Then they wiped the laptop clean, so no one could see everything they did. That’s simply unbelievable and outrageous,” he continued.
Menendez continued to criticize the Southern District of New York for allowing a key witness to walk away in the legal battle.
“Only the SDNY would embrace an FBI agent, who got caught lying on the stand, in order to make their case. And only in the SDNY would prosecutors allow a witness to walk away from over 10 criminal charges, including defrauding the US GOVERNMENT, so that they can get him to lie on the stand,” he stated. “Welcome to the Southern District of New York, the Wild West of political prosecutions.”
The disgraced senator concluded his words with an appeal to Trump, including adding the president’s X handle in his post.
“President Trump is right. This process is political and has been corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores integrity to the system,” Menendez concluded.
