Law firm used by Hunter Biden paid $70K from Bob Menendez's legal fund: report

As Democrats increasingly distanced themselves from disgraced Senator Bob Menendez, Democratic "super lawyer" Marc Elias was paid almost $50,000 from Menendez's legal fund, The Washington Free Beacon reported.

The fund belonging to Menendez, who has been charged with bribery and illegal foreign lobbying, received $195,000 in contributions between October 1 through December 31 — he was charged in September.

Winston & Strawn, a prestigious law firm that also represents Hunter Biden, was paid $70,000 from Menendez's fund. Schertler & Onorato, a firm representing Menendez’s wife, Nadine Arslanian, was paid $128,000.

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Elias represented Menendez during a 2007 investigation into a lobbyist the New Jersey senator was connected to. He also represented Menendez in 2015 when he was charged with doing favors for Democratic donor Salomon Melgen.

"Many longtime Menendez supporters contributed to his legal defense, filings show," the Free Beacon's report stated.

"New Jersey lawyer Donald Scarinci and Spanish-language media mogul Raúl Alarcón gave $10,000 each to Menendez, the maximum contribution allowed. Murray Kushner, the estranged uncle of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, also contributed $10,000 to Menendez."

Read the full report over at The Washington Free Beacon.