The Menendez indictment: ‘Girlfriend 2,’ the doctor and the senator.

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New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez personally intervened to arrange U.S. visas for a Dominican model, a Brazilian student and a Ukrainian actress — girlfriends of a wealthy Florida doctor who plied the senator with nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions, according to a Justice Department indictment released Wednesday.

Menendez’s efforts to facilitate the romantic life of his patron, Dr. Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist and businessman, are among the most tantalizing details in a 68-page indictment that alleges a brazen cash-for-favors scheme that went on for years.


Michael Isikoff.
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