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St. Louis aldermen indicted on federal bribery charges
Indictment alleges politicians engaged in exchanges with a businessman seeking a tax abatement for a property.
Indictment alleges politicians engaged in exchanges with a businessman seeking a tax abatement for a property.
The former president posted "only a degenerate psychopath that ... hates the USA," would indict somebody who did not commit a crime.
According to DOJ, he was charged with "conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and bribery of a public official."
The charges were filed after a plea deal fell through earlier this summer
Each faces charges of offering a false instrument for filing and uttering a forged instrument.
Menendez, who has faced multiple indictments related to an alleged bribery scheme, has maintained his innocence.
Jordan noted that the statute of limitations for any alleged crimes involving the former president is set to expire soon, likely explaining Bragg's "rush to indictment."
The transcript of the tape first appeared in public as part of special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of Trump related to his alleged mishandling of classified materials.
"Eight months ago we did something ordinary people don't do: we risked our careers and reputations to bring the truth out of the shadow and into the light. We were moved solely by our consciences, yet faced continual attacks," the pair said in a statement.
The official, Wayde Byard, a Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman, was indicted last month by a Virginia special state grand jury.