Senate leader Schumer says chamber will rush through military aid to Israel
Bob Menendez is being charged as a foreign agent — so why not Hunter Biden?Sen. Bob Menendez will not attend a classified briefing on Israel this week amid accusations that he acted as an unregistered foreign agent of the Egyptian government. “I’ve had private conversations, I don’t get involved in what happened in them, on this kind of thing,” Schumer said. “He’s not attending.
Menedez had earlier told Politico, before Schumer’s announcement, that he hadn’t made a decision on whether to attend the briefing.
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