Donald Trump never expected this person to team up with him.
But things in American politics are changing quickly.
And this famous Democrat has joined Donald Trump in a shocking switch.
Bob Menendez was a famously liberal Senator from New Jersey until he got caught in a massive corruption scandal and was sentenced to prison.
Menendez soon realized that his only hope was the man sitting in the White House and with the power of the pardon, Donald Trump.
That’s why Menendez says he now believes Trump was “right.”
According to The Hill, “Democrats accused of corruption are seeking relief from President Trump as he hands out scores of pardons and drops charges against his political allies amid his crusade against the justice system that made him a convicted felon.”
“Chief among them may be Bob Menendez, who served 18 years as a powerful Democratic senator from blue state New Jersey.”
“President Trump was right. This process is political, and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system,” Menendez said.
“Menendez, who was found guilty on all 16 counts he faced, including bribery and acting as a foreign agent of Egypt, is perhaps the first Democrat to publicly align so plainly with Trump’s perception of the U.S. criminal process,” The Hill continued.
“The New Jersey Democrat derided the Southern District of New York, where he was tried, as the ‘Wild West of political prosecutions’ and claimed he was the victim of a ‘political witch hunt.’ Though Trump was prosecuted in state court, Menendez’s remarks suggested their experiences were similar.”
Perhaps if Trump did decide to pardon him, Menendez would go on to become a “Democrat for Trump” the way former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich did.
Whether Menendez is right and there is a pardon waiting for him from the desk of Donald Trump is something we’ll have to wait and see.