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Ethics panel gives Menendez wide latitude for repayment of gifts from Melgen

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In January 2013, just as his relationship with Melgen was beginning to make headlines, Menendez repaid $58,500 for three flights on the doctor’s private jet. “Despite being ordered by the Senate Ethics Committee to amend his Financial Disclosure Reports to include all the gifts he received from Melgen and to repay the fair market value of the gifts, Menendez has failed to comply. -based watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Government, said Senate rules require Menendez to reimburse the “fair market value” of the gifts, but that “it seems somewhat up to him to calculate that.

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