Venezuela continues to experience the worst political, economic & humanitarian crisis in our hemisphere.
Its people continue to suffer extreme food and medicine shortages, levels of criminal violence akin to a conflict zone & grave human rights abuses under the Maduro regime.
Maduro’s dictatorship has inflicted a humanitarian catastrophe on the Venezuelan people. President Trump talks tough on Venezuela, but refuses to provide temporary protection to 200,000+ Venezuelans in the U.S. at risk of deportation.
La dictadura de Maduro ha causado una catástrofe humanitaria al pueblo venezolano. El Presidente Trump habla fuerte, pero se niega a brindar protección humanitaria a más de 200,000 venezolanos en los Estados Unidos que enfrentan el riesgo de deportación.
UPDATE: Senate Republicans AGAIN block #VenezuelaTPS.
Once again, Maduro gets a false sense of vindication as his victims are rejected & their suffering is deemed not credible by Congress. Providing #TPS for Venezuelans is not political—it is the right and moral thing to do.
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How weaponization works.
Prosecutors broke the law to make sure they convicted me, by loading unconstitutional evidence onto a laptop they gave to the jury.The illegal evidence, that the Judge had ruled inadmissible, violated the Congressional immunity clause of the Constitution.
The SDNY prosecutors effort to uphold the conviction, in the appeals court, is an effort to reduce Constitutional immunity for government actors. These are precisely the same laws relating to presidential immunity that came up in DJT's case. This is a threat to Presidential immunity.
Damian Williams was the US
Attorney who presided over the
SDNY laptop misconduct.
Damian's public corruption unit was also responsible for the SDNY investigations of the Trump organization, the Trump inauguration committee and others associated with DJT and the Republican Party.
Obama’s Justice Department was used against me, not only over Iran, but also about Cuba policy. I opposed Obama unilaterally opening up to the Castro regime without getting any concessions. No release of political prisoners, no Free Press, no free elections. No freedoms!
Obama told me he didn't want to see criticism from me over his Cuba policy. But I had spent a lifetime fighting for Cuban freedom. I could not remain silent!
My opposition to Obama's legacy policies on Iran and Cuba got me indicted by Jack Smith, the head of the Public Integrity Unit at Justice. The Judge dismissed the most important counts and the case was subsequently dismissed,but the damage was done.
People talk about the Trump DOJ, but it was the Democrats who started weaponizing the Justice Dept. When, as the Chairman of the SFRC, I didn't go along with Obama's Iran deal, I was indicted, and the next day after being stripped of my position, Obama announced the Iran deal.
Obama told me that he could not have the Democratic Chairman of the SFRC be against him. By having me removed as the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama removed my major opposition to his Iran deal. It was a bad deal for the U.S. and for our ally, Israel.
This was the ultimate weaponization of the Justice Dept. for a political purpose. 10 of 12 jurors didn't believe ANY of the government's case, and the Federal Judge overseeing the case, dismissed the most serious counts, saying, "there was no there, there!" But the damage was done!
1/ I continue to monitor the ongoing situation in the Israel-Hamas war. As I’ve previously stated, Israel’s allies must step up at this moment, and Congress must provide Israel all the resources needed to fully defend itself. menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
2/ Please don’t hesitate to reach out to my office with inquiries concerning the current ongoing situation in Israel or call:
📞 1-833-890-9595 or 1-606-641-0131
My office has also compiled the following resources for U.S. Citizens in Israel and Gaza.
3/ For U.S. citizens stuck in Israel and Gaza, the @StateDept recommends filling out this crisis intake form along with calling the U.S. Embassy.
THREAD: After a day of shining a light on some of my colleagues who refuse to back up their “thoughts and prayers” with action, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also share some of the steps I’m taking and bills I’ve introduced to confront this crisis ⬇️
I'm glad @SenSchumer has said the Senate WILL VOTE on gun legislation and show the American people where we stand. I will keep working to have as many of these provisions as possible brought for a vote on the floor: