Menendez Meltdown Marches On
More Menendez follies as he is forced to sever all ties to a long-time political adviser and fundraiser. Why? Because the adviser was taped trying to get a favor for Menendez.
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's closest political adviser was secretly recorded seven years ago boasting of political power and urging a Hudson county contractor to hire somone (sic) as a favor to Menendez, according to a transcript obtained by The Star-Ledger.
Tonight Menendez's campaign says he has severed his ties with the adviser, Donald Scarinci, after learning of the taped conversation.
Menendez and Scarinci were childhood friends and Scarinci, a prominent attorney with extensive contracts in state and local governments, has been a key fundraiser for the senator throughout his long political career.
Scarinci was recorded in 1999 by Oscar Sandoval, a Union City psychatrist (sic) who had contracts with the county jail and hospital in Hudson County, according to two people familiar with the tapes who requested anonymity because the recordings are evidence in a pending lawsuit.
We're all just waiting for what we know the New Jersey Democrats are going to try to pull off: another Lautenberg moment. We here at Blue Crab Boulevard already leaked the exclusive news about who the party is planning to pull in as a replacement. Or is the correct term 'dig up'?
