Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) lashed out Friday at former President Obama, adding on to his past claims of “weaponization” at the Justice Department (DOJ) politically targeting him.

Menendez alleged in a post on X that Democrats started the weaponization of the DOJ against him in 2015 when he was indicted in his first corruption trial, which ultimately ended in a hung jury, as he opposed Obama's Iran nuclear deal. He was subsequently charged and convicted in a separate bribery case last year based on different allegations against him, leading to his 11-year prison sentence earlier this year that he is set to begin next month.

“People talk about the Trump DOJ, but it was the Democrats who started weaponizing the Justice Dept,” Menendez alleged. “When, as the Chairman of the [Senate Foreign Relations Committee], I didn't go along with Obama's Iran deal, I was indicted,........

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