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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Sen. Robert Menendez Says He Will Be Exonerated

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez says he'll be exonerated of corruption charges, so why are his fellow Democrats calling on him to resign? Plus, two new polls deliver bad news about Joe Biden's chances for re-election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sam Bingman Freed, the founder of CryptoGiant FTX,

0:03.0

promised to give away his fortune.

0:04.8

But then, everything fell apart.

0:06.6

Sam, are you an ethical person?

0:08.9

I think I've tried as hard as I can to be one.

0:11.9

He's been accused of stealing billions of dollars

0:14.2

from customers and investors.

0:16.1

Is there anything you would want to say to Sam if you could?

0:19.1

Give me my f***ing money back.

0:20.9

Now he faces the jury.

0:23.2

From the journal, this is the trial of crypto's golden boy.

0:26.5

Find it in the journal feed-on Spotify,

0:28.3

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.1

From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

0:35.9

this is Potomac Watch.

0:39.0

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez says he will not resign

0:43.5

and expects to be exonerated in court

0:46.8

despite being indicted on Friday

0:49.2

by the Justice Department on three felony counts

0:51.8

of bribery, honest services fraud and extortion.

0:55.7

What is the political fallout for the United States Senate

0:59.3

and that democratic seat in New Jersey?

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