Healthcare provider Cooper Health, where Norcross served as chairman of the board, ultimately gained control of the property and collected over $27 million in state tax credits for the building from 2016 to 2022 using legislation that the Norcross enterprise helped craft,” according to Platkin.
In 2018, following a snow storm in D.C., White suggested that Jewish bankers control the weather, saying, “Man, it just started snowing out of nowhere this morning, man. Y’all better pay attention to this climate control, man, this climate manipulation … D.C. keep talking about, ‘We a resilient city.’ And that’s a model based off the Rothschilds controlling the climate to create natural disasters they can pay for to own the cities, man. Be careful.”
Now-former Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted of federal corruption and bribery charges in July for his involvement in a bribery and corruption scheme with three New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian government. The court found Menendez guilty of lobbying for Egyptian interests in exchange for bribes, with the senator sending a letter to his peers advocating for military aid for Egypt and providing the country with personnel information related to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
US Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, arrive at the US District Court. Federal prosecutors charged Menendez and Arslanian with bribery and extortion (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
The Senator allegedly was bribed hundred of thousands of dollars to help the government of Egypt.
2. New Jersey Senator With Hundreds Of Thousands In Gold Bars Stashed In Home Convicted Of Taking Bribes From Egyptian Government
CAMDEN, NJ – AUGUST 21: Camden Mayor Dana Redd (R) and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speak at a press conference announcing a new superintendent of Camden School District on August 21, 2013 in Camden, New Jersey. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Prior to the Egyptian bribery charges, Menendez had been indicted in 2015 for allegedly accepting $1 million worth of gifts and campaign contributions from a longtime friend in exchange for political favors, which included Menendez securing visas for multiple of his friend’s foreign girlfriends.
4. NYC Mayor Indicted On Bribery Charges
Menendez was not the only Garden State Democrat to get nabbed for corruption in 2024, with south New Jersey power broker George Norcross being charged with racketeering in June.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 27: New York City Mayor Eric Adams exits federal court after his arraignment on bribery and fraud charges on September 27, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Last but certainly not least, Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted in September on bribery charges, with the Southern District of New York alleging he “sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him.”
BREAKING: Senator Bob Menendez convicted.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives Ethics Committee conducted investigations into now-former Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and George Santos of New York.
A slew of Adams’ former aides have also been indicted, including his former chief liaison to the Muslim community Mohamed Bahi, who was charged with witness tampering in October for allegedly having “used intimidation” to interfere with an FBI investigation into straw donations sent to Adams’ mayoral campaign. Meanwhile, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who was once Adams’ chief adviser was charged with bribery on Dec. 19 for allegedly “engaging in a long-running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme” to “illegally influence Department of Buildings and other city decisions in exchange for more than $100,000 in cash and benefits for herself and her son,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a filing with the state Supreme Court.
White and Adams did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Democratic Washington, D.C., Councilman Trayon White Sr. was charged with bribery in August after allegedly agreeing to accept $156,000 in bribes in exchange for pressuring public officials to extend lucrative government contracts. As of the time of his arrest, White had reportedly accepted four cash payments totaling $35,000, as well as trips to Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Dominican Republic.
The Rothschilds are a wealthy Jewish banking family.