The Justice Department is planning to bring corruption charges against Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., alleging that he did political favors for a friend and donor, NPR has confirmed. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
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The Justice Department is planning to bring corruption charges against Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., alleging that he did political favors for a friend and donor, NPR has confirmed.
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Updated at 2:54 p.m. ET
The Justice Department is planning to bring corruption charges against Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., alleging that he did political favors for a friend and donor, NPR's Carrie Johnson has confirmed.
A person familiar with case tells Carrie that a decision has been made to go forward with a prosecution.
"It is not clear how long it will take for actual criminal charges to emerge," Carrie tells us.
The case is being handled by the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section in Washington, she says.
News of the planned charges were first reported by CNN.
There was no immediate comment from Menendez or his friend, Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen.
Menendez, who has emerged as a recent critic of the Obama administration policy on Iran and Cuba, came under scrutiny two years ago. As NPR's Peter Overby reported at the time, "Melgen ... has been a longtime and generous supporter. [In 2012], his medical practice gave $700,000 to a Democratic superPAC, which spent nearly $600,000 to help Menendez in the November election."
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