dr. melgen has acted appropriately at all times.on the jet, a 13-seater similar to this one. the doctor has a vacation home at casa de campo. the ethics committee was sent this complaint from a new jersey state senator asking for an investigation into those caribbean trips. the complaint questions whether men nen necklace violated the ethics code by repeatedly flying on a private jet to the dominican republic and other locations and soliciting prostitution. after being unable to substantiate the claims, the group referred the allegation to the fbi. more recently, a conservative blog, the the daily caller, published links to videos of alleged prostitutes. it also shows e-mails that suggest the fbi is investigating but the fbi isn't commenting. the senator says, quote, any allegations of engaging with prostitutes are manufactured by a politically motivated right-wing blog and are false. >> susan, what else do we know about this relationship between senator menendez and dr. melgan? >> wolf, senator menendez issued a statement calling t

dr. salomon melgen. melgen currentcally has an outstanding irs lien of $11.1 million for back taxes but it's his relationship with menendez that has become a focus. last month "the daily caller" accused menendez of accepting prostitutes at melgen's mansion in the dominican republic and using his private jet for transportation. at the time a spokesman for menendez said "he was not going to respond to a completely false acquisition" and he easily won a second term. this week assuming a more prominent role in the senate foreign relations committee he was more forceful. in a statement the new jersey democrat called melgen "a friend and political support for many years and acknowledged he traveled on melgen's plane three occasions, all of which have been paid for and reported appropriately" but his denial of wrongdoing was cat garr kohl "any allegations of engaging with prostitutes are manufactured by a politically motivated right wing blog and are false." harry reid echoed the sentiment. >> anyone has to loo