23 October 2011

Report: NJ Senator Menendez Cleared in Federal Probe

Report: NJ Senator Menendez Cleared in Federal Probe

Five years after it started, federal prosecutors have ended their investigation into U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's relationship with a nonprofit agency in Hudson County.

    
The Star-Ledger reports no charges will be brought in the matter, which became public during the Democrat's bid for his first full term in 2006.
    
The newspaper cited a letter sent to Menendez's lawyer by Zane David Memeger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, whose office took over the probe when Paul Fishman was appointed U.S. Attorney for New Jersey. Fishman recused himself to avoid a potential conflict, because Menendez supported him for the post.
    
Menendez declined comment on the investigation, which focused on his relationship with the North Hudson Community Action Corp., which rented office space from him in Union City.
 

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