Sen. Menendez employed intern who was illegal immigrant, sex offender

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Senator Robert Menendez has confirmed an AP report that he had an unpaid intern working in his office who was an illegal alien as well as a registered sex offender.

It was learned after the intern was arrested by immigration authorities, that The Homeland Security Department held off the federal agents arrest of the intern until after Election Day, a U.S. official involved in the case told the AP. Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, claimed to be unaware of the status of his intern, and just learned of the arrest.

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