It now appears very possible that Sen. Robert Mendendez (D-N.J.) was the victim of a Nixon-style dirty-tricks crime perpetrated by political opponents who bribed third parties to lie about his alleged relations with prostitutes. I am not drawing conclusions, but I am calling for an investigation, after a key witness recanted her claim that Menendez paid for sex. I am calling for all media that reported the charge to give equal coverage to the recanting witness and investigations of potential dirty tricks that will surely follow. I am calling on Tucker Carlson, editors at The Daily Caller and leaders of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) to give a full public accounting of the details behind their involvement in this sordid affair.

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