Possible Conspiracy in Menendez Corruption Leak?

A Democrat senator is hit with corruption charges. A Republican governor stands ready to replace the senator if he resigns. On paper, it's easy to imagine the troubles of New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez setting up a partisan power struggle.

That's not how the Menendez story is playing out.

On Friday afternoon, after CNN broke the news that the Department of Justice was preparing a case against Menendez, conservatives openly asked if this had anything to do with the debate over Iran. Menendez, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was wrangling Democrats for a sanctions bill that the White House had threatened to veto.

Just days before the leak, Menendez was onstage at the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) conference, winning ovation after ovation.

"I am not intimidated by anyone," said Menendez.

Now, to many conservatives, it seemed as though someone was trying to intimidate him. Bret Stephens, the Pulitzer-winning Wall Street Journal columnist, reacted quickly and succinctly...

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