Masu shigar da kara na Amurka sun tuhumi Sanata Bob Menendez mai iko da matarsa da karbar cin hanci daga hannun wasu ‘yan kasuwa uku a New Jersey, lamarin da ka iya dagula yunkurin ‘yan jam’iyyar Democrat na ci gaba da samun rinjaye a majalisar dattawan Amurka a zaben badi.
Daga baya Menendez ya sauka daga mukaminsa na wani dan lokaci daga matsayinsa na shugaban kwamitin kula da harkokin kasashen waje na majalisar dattawa har sai an warware matsalar, shugaban masu rinjaye na majalisar Chuck Schumer ya bayyana a cikin wata sanarwa, inda ya kara da cewa Menendez na da hakkin bin doka.
Ofishin Lauyan Amurka da ke Manhattan ya ce Menendez, mai shekaru 69, ya karbi tsabar kudi na dubban daruruwan daloli da sandunan zinare domin yin amfani da karfin ikonsa da tasirinsa a matsayinsa na Sanatan New Jersey don amfanar gwamnatin Masar tare da tsoma baki kan binciken jami’an tsaro a kan ‘yan kasuwar. .
Menendez ya kasance muhimmin abokin kawance ga dan jam’iyyar Democrat Joe Biden yayin da shugaban kasar ya nemi sake tabbatar da tasirin Amurka a fagen duniya, da nuna goyon baya ga taimakon majalisa ga Ukraine, da kuma ja da baya kan karuwar China.
Gwamnan New Jersey Phil Murphy, dan jam’iyyar Democrat, da kuma wasu jami’an gwamnatin Demokaradiyya da dama da ‘yan majalisar wakilan Amurka, sun yi kira ga Menendez da ya yi murabus daga majalisar dattawa.
“Abubuwan da ake zargin suna da matukar muhimmanci da suka kawo cikas ga ikon Sanata Menendez na wakilcin al’ummar Jiharmu yadda ya kamata,” Murphy, wanda zai nada wanda zai maye gurbin Menendez na wucin gadi idan ya tafi a cikin wata sanarwa.
Sai dai Menendez ya ce ba shi da wani shiri na yin murabus.
“Ban rasa yadda wasu ke gaggawar yin gaggawar yanke hukunci kan wani Latino ba tare da ture shi daga kujerarsa. Ba zan je ko’ina ba,” in ji shi a wata sanarwa.
Masu gabatar da kara na neman a kwace wa Menendez kadarorin da suka hada da gidansa na New Jersey, na 2019 Mercedes-Benz mai canzawa, da kusan dala $566,000 a tsabar kudi, sandunan zinare da kudade daga asusun banki.
Laifin ya kunshi hoton masu binciken sandunan zinare da aka kwace daga gidan Menendez da kuma ambulan makil da tsabar kudi da aka samu a cikin riguna masu dauke da sunan Menendez da ke rataye a dakinsa. Masu gabatar da kara sun ce sun gano tsabar kudi sama da dala 480,000 a gidansa.
Damian Williams, babban mai shigar da kara na gwamnatin tarayya a Manhattan, ya lura cewa gidan yanar gizon Menendez ya ce a matsayinsa na Sanata ba zai iya tilasta wa wata hukuma yin wani abu ba ko kuma yin tasiri ga al’amuran da suka shafi kasuwanci mai zaman kansa.
“A bayan fage, Sanata Menendez yana yin waɗannan abubuwa ne ga wasu mutane, mutanen da ke ba shi cin hanci da matarsa,” in ji Williams.
Ya kara da cewa ana ci gaba da gudanar da bincike.
Menendez ya fada a cikin wata sanarwa cewa masu gabatar da kara sun bata aikin majalisa na yau da kullun.
Menendez ya ce: “Ayyukan masu gabatar da kara sun bayyana a fili.”
“Gaskiya ba kamar yadda aka gabatar ba.”
Lauyan Nadine Menendez, mai shekaru 56, wadda ta auri Sanatan tun a shekarar 2020, ta ce ta musanta aikata ba daidai ba, kuma za ta “tsare kare” kan zargin da ake yi mata a kotu.
Binciken ya kasance karo na uku da masu shigar da kara na tarayya ke binciken Menendez, duk da cewa ba a taba yanke masa hukunci ba.
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