Earlier this month, as media reports and court documents in the Dominican Republic began to debunk the prostitution allegations that had been swirling around him, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) took a moment to remind reporters about the “nameless, faceless, anonymous sources” involved in pushing the story. Well, we now have the face of one of the sources. Or at least three-quarters of his face.A Dominican attorney told investigators in the Dominican Republic last week that a man named “Carlos,” who said he worked for The Daily Caller, had approached him last fall with a proposal. “Carlos,” the lawyer said, had offered him $5,000 for his help finding young women to claim that they had been paid to have sex with the New Jersey Democrat.
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