Ex-State Dept. official: I didn’t think Menendez was threatening
(New York Post Local News)

A former State Department official testified Monday that he didn´t interpret remarks by Sen. Bob Menendez about a Dominican Republic port security contract held by his co-defendant as a threat. William Brownfield, who retired from the State Dept. three months ago, brushed off the New Jersey Democrat´s 2012 threats to hold a senate hearing unless...