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Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) struck a defiant tone on Wednesday, echoing remarks he made a month ago when news of a possible indictment first broke.

The person said prosecutors are expected to bring charges against Dr. Salomon Melgen, whose medical offices were raided two years ago by federal authorities and who has been a political donor and longtime Menendez friend.

“I think Harry Reid’s getting out of town ahead of the posse,” former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova tells Breitbart News. The Senate Minority Leader says he’ll retire in 2017, at the conclusion of his current term.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says he intends to retire at the end of his term in 2017. But he may still face legal pressure before he leaves. Former U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova, a leading legal expert on the prosecution and defense of white collar criminals, tells Breitbart News there is enough public evidence to launch a criminal investigation of Reid.

A conservative group is calling on a Super PAC closely aligned with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to give back $700,000 it accepted in 2012 from Dr. Salomon Melgen, a close friend and major donor to Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

Dr. Salomon Melgen’s friendships with and campaign contributions to two powerful senators helped get his case before the Secretary of HHS, but didn’t help him escape a nearly $9 million charge for overbilling Medicare, a Breitbart News investigation reveals. And Melgen may face new charges of overbilling by millions more.

A source in the judge’s chambers tells Breitbart News that federal prosecutors haven’t yet asked for a hearing to consider more detailed evidence to support its earlier demand that Sen. Bob Menendez’s legislative aide Michael Barnard testify for a grand jury.

The head of the Republican party isn’t pulling any punches. Reince Priebus wants a full investigation of the relationship between Sen. Robert Menendez and his friend Dr. Solomon Melgen.

Robert Kelly, the administrative director for Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), refused to answer questions posed by the grand jury that may soon report a bill of indictment against the senator on corruption charges.

Details are emerging about the federal corruption charges the Justice Department is expected to file against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ).

No doubt, there will be more news conferences ahead for Menendez. But he’ll have a difficult time topping the New Jersey standards set by previous politicians.

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) brusquely denied any wrongdoing in a press conference Friday evening responding to reports that he will face federal corruption charges.

Outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) both praised and chastised fellow Democrat and Secretary of State John Kerry during Tuesday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. On Iran, Boxer said point-blank that Iran cannot be trusted “for one second.” She then went on to clarify her belief that while the people of Iran could be trusted, the government and regime cannot be.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is calling for his government to draft a blacklist of Venezuelans exiled in the United States calling for Congress to impose further sanctions on his socialist regime for both economic and political crimes, as well as ties to drug trafficking.

A bill that would levy tough new sanctions on Iran if it fails to sign an agreement to curb its nuclear program cleared a Senate committee on Thursday. But lawmakers are holding off on a full Senate vote to see whether diplomatic negotiations yield a deal.

Feinstein’s move is largely seen as an extension of President Obama’s belief that Iran’s nuclear program is being used solely for “peaceful purposes” and the approach of diplomacy to negotiate a resolute end.

Sen. Rand Paul tells Breitbart News he hopes Senate Democrats have struck an inadvertent blow for property rights. Oh, and he’ll make a decision about whether to run for president this spring.

Israel’s Army Radio, via the Jerusalem Post, reports that local sources claim U.S. President Barack Obama arranged the leak of a Mossad report on the Iran nuclear talks as an act of revenge against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for agreeing to speak to Congress in February about radical Islam and the Iranian threat. The Mossad report allegedly suggests new sanctions would cause talks to collapse, and its release is calculated to suggest disagreement with Netanyahu.

The highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), says the Obama administration sounds as if it’s getting talking points from Iran about its negotiations with the so-called Islamic republic.

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) criticized the Obama administration’s Iran rhetoric for sounding “like talking points that come straight out of Tehran” and supporting “the Iranian narrative of victimization” before a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “The more I hear from the

Everyone involved seems to be trying to put the best face on it, but Barack Obama went so far as to suggest senior Democrats like Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who take a hard line on Iran, are doing so purely to appease their donors.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) criticized President Barack Obama’s “secret diplomacy” with Cuba and Iran. When asked if he was included in the talks with Cuba, Menendez said, “I knew nothing about them, and this

Career State Department diplomats didn’t want to give Estefanía Isaías permission to come to the U.S. from Ecuador, but she’s here anyway, after the Obama administration intervened on her behalf. She’s not the first member of her family to enjoy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of a prominent Latino advocacy group called President Barack Obama the “deporter in chief,” denouncing the administration’s deportation of nearly 2 million immigrants. Janet Murguia, who heads the National Council of La Raza, also directed

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) plans to join fellow New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) in a 24 hour fast for comprehensive immigration reform after they visited the “Fast for Families” amnesty fasters on Wednesday. Menendez, along with Republican Senators Marco Rubio

Sen. Bob Menendez (D., NJ) “Today’s hearing left me bewildered about that this government does not have a strategy as to Syria. It seems that we’re having meetings about how we get to meetings in Geneva while Syria’s becoming the

Federal agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the offices of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a prominent donor of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), in West Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday. NBC News reports that federal agents conducted a raid on

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), a member of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight,” told liberal activists at the Center for American Progress (CAP) on Wednesday how the Democrats plans to enact amnesty for the 11 million illegal immigrants: Get the House

(AP) Ecuador renounces trade benefits from US CongressQUITO, EcuadorEcuador said Thursday it is renouncing tariff benefits on hundreds of millions of dollars in trade that are up for renewal by the U.S. Congress. The announcement by Communications Minister Fernando Alvarez

A spokeswoman for Sen. Ted Cruz told Breitbart News that her boss might just be suffering from a case of “Obamaphobia,” as Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) diagnosed earlier on Tuesday, depending on what the symptoms of such a condition are.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday of being afflicted with “Obamaphobia” for opposing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, the left-leaning Talking Points Memo reports. “Well, I think he has Obamaphobia,” Menendez said of

On Friday, as Congress was preparing for a week-long recess, NJ Sen. Bob Menendez said supporters of the Senate Amnesty bill were short the 60 votes they needed for passage. The next two weeks are critical for both opponents and

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is calling for the United States to provide weapons to vetted Syrian opposition groups battling President Bashar Assad’s forces in the 2-year-old civil war. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of

From Breitbart News’ Kerry Pickett: A Senate resolution to honor the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been gutted by Democratic staffers on the Foreign Relations Committee, a Senate source told Breitbart News on Tuesday. “Menendez staffers on the