Skip to content

Menendez Closes Defense Fund To Which Melgens Gave $40K

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) filed a termination notice on 2/28 for his Fund To Uphold The Constitution, a legal defense fund related to the Committee to Recall Robert Menendez v. Wells. The fund also filed a final report for January 2013 showing a contribution of $10,000 from New Jersey Democratic State Committee. The fund was set up in January 2011 and was used to pay legal fees, accounting and tax services. From 2011-2013 the major donors to the fund were Salomon Melgen (Melgen Eye Center, FL) $20,000; Flor M. Melgen (homemaker, FL) $20,000; New Jersey Democratic State Committee $20,000; New Millennium PAC (Sen. Menendez’s PAC) $20,000; CG Sportswear (NY) $10,000; Joseph T. Dockery (NJ) $10,000; Raul Alarcon Jr. (Spanish Broadcasting System, FL) $10,000; Ironstate Holdings LLC (NJ) $10,000; George J. Tsunis (Chartwell Hotels, NY) $10,000; and Olga J. Tsunis (NY) $10,000.

Recent Stories

Spy reauthorization bill would give lawmakers special notifications

Capitol Ink | Senate comebacker

In France and US, two wildly different takes on IVF

Earl Blumenauer takes his last ride through Congress

Cole eyes axing HUD earmarks for nonprofit organizations

The immigrant story we sometimes forget