NJ Dems seek to bar imprisoned Bob Menendez from future office as GOP targets his state pension

Top New Jersey officials asked for a court’s assistance in legally preventing scandal-plagued former Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., from ever seeking or holding office in the Garden State again.

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat, said Monday that Menendez – sentenced in January to 11 years for bribery, extortion, obstruction and charges he was acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Egypt – abused his Senate role for his "own personal and financial benefit."

"[He] betray[ed] the people who elected him and the oath he swore to serve their interests and not his own," Platkin said in a statement.

"Today, my office sought a court order ensuring he will be given no such opportunity again Read Entire Article