Bob Menendez: Bad Romance Part 2 | 132

Scamfluencers

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Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Senator Bob Menendez and his wife have just been indicted for wheeling and dealing with the government of Egypt, along with many other crimes. In a bid to save his career, Bob throws his co-conspirators under the bus—including his wife, Nadine. But after decades avoiding consequences, Bob faces a mountain of evidence in court. He’s about to go from lion of the Senate to major liability.

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0:00.0	Hey, Scam Fluencers fans, Sarah here.
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0:25.1	Thank you. experience, sign up today. Sarah, what do you remember about the first part of our series on Bob and Nadine Menendez?
0:31.4	Well, first of all, they are not the Menendez brothers.
0:35.0	No, they're somebody else.
0:36.7	First things first, these are different people. Yeah. Second of all, Bob Menendez brothers. No, they're somebody else. First thing's first.
0:38.3	These are different people.
0:38.9	Yeah.
0:45.2	Second of all, Bob Menendez kind of worked his way up from nothing into being a part of the Senate. And him and his freaky wife, Nadine, are living large on bribes because they're getting paid to help foreign militaries, I guess.
0:54.9	Yeah, Sarah, they were just a couple of crazy kids in love.
0:58.5	You know how it is.
0:59.6	Yeah, you know, they found love in a hopeless place,
1:01.9	and what am I supposed to do, fault them for that?
1:05.9	Well, lucky you, because today I'm going to tell you
1:08.9	what becomes of our scammieamy star-crossed lovers.
1:16.3	It's September 25, 23, and dozens of reporters are crowded into a dimly lit room at Hudson County Community College in Union City, New Jersey.
1:26.4	Rain is beating against the windows, and everyone is waiting for Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez to make his first comment since he was indicted for bribery.
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