Miami grand jury issues no charges against Sen. Menendez, probe continues

By Jay Weaver, Miami Herald

Federal agents descended on the clinic of a South Florida eye doctor close to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez last January — a dark-of-night raid that soon spiraled into a string of national news stories about trips on the physician’s private plane to the Dominican Republic and scandalous allegations of trysts with underage prostitutes.

Nearly a year later, the politically explosive allegations against the New Jersey Democrat have proved to be duds so far.