A representative of Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen used the doctor’s connections to DEMOCRAT Sen. Robert Menendez to threaten Commerce Department officials and try to get them to help Melgen’s business interests in the Dominican Republic, according to court testimony.

Scott Smith, an international trade specialist at the Department of Commerce, made the claim at Menendez and Melgen’s corruption trial. He said the threat came from DEMOCRAT Elio Muller, a lawyer and former Commerce Department official, in a January 2012 meeting with Smith and other officials.






http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/09/25/menendez-friend-tried-to-intimidate-government-officials-with-political-connections-witness-says-114690