Sen. Bob Menendez’s Egypt trip planning got ‘weird,’ Senate staffer recalls at bribery trial
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sen. Bob Menendez’s Egypt trip planning got ‘weird,’ Senate staffer recalls at bribery trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A Senate staffer testified at a bribery trial that planning for Sen. Bob Menendez’s 2021 trip to Egypt and Qatar got “weird” after the Democrat directed that Egypt be included in the process, a Senate staffer testified Monday. Later, Arkin said, she was told Menendez was “very upset” after he’d been notified that two Egyptians, including Egypt’s ambassador, had complained that she notified Egyptian officials that Menendez would not meet with Egypt’s president during the trip “under any circumstances.” She said she was told that the senator didn’t want her to go on the trip. Arkin said another Senate staffer working to plan the trip wrote to her that “all of this Egypt stuff is very weird.” “It was weird,” she said. Arkin said she was “not an idiot” and “would not have phrased anything that way” by saying the senator would not meet a foreign president of a nation important to the United States “under any circumstances.” Questioned by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Richenthal, Arkin also mentioned that Menendez’s wife, Nadine Menendez, was “trying to be involved in the planning” and had “lots of opinions” about what she wanted to do during the trip.

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Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt’s foreign agent
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt’s foreign agent

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted of all charges Tuesday in a sweeping corruption trial in which he was accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as an agent for the Egyptian government. Curtis Bashaw, the Republican candidate for the seat, also called on Menendez to quit, saying New …

Sen. Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt’s foreign agent
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sen. Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt’s foreign agent

LA Times  

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez was convicted of all charges at his corruption trial Tuesday, including accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. “In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” …

Jury ends first day of deliberations in US Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial without a verdict
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Jury ends first day of deliberations in US Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial without a verdict

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A New York City jury finished its first three hours of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who is accused of taking bribes and being a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. Asked what he was singing, he said it was “a whole medley of songs,” including “Amazing …

Bob Menendez says he didn’t testify because prosecution failed to prove its bribery case against him
6 months ago

Bob Menendez says he didn’t testify because prosecution failed to prove its bribery case against him

Hindustan Times  

NEW YORK — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said he chose not to testify Wednesday at his New York trial because he believes prosecutors failed to prove “every aspect” of the bribery case against him, a decision that cleared the way for closing arguments as early as Monday. Bob Menendez says he didn’t testify because prosecution failed to prove its …

Bob Menendez says he didn’t testify because prosecution failed to prove its bribery case against him
6 months ago

Bob Menendez says he didn’t testify because prosecution failed to prove its bribery case against him

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said he chose not to testify Wednesday at his New York trial because he believes prosecutors failed to prove “every aspect” of the bribery case against him, a decision that cleared the way for closing arguments as early as Monday. As he left the courthouse, Menendez told reporters: “From my perspective, the …

At bribery trial, ex-US official casts Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain in Egyptian meat controversy
7 months, 1 week ago

At bribery trial, ex-US official casts Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain in Egyptian meat controversy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A former top U.S. agricultural official cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain at his bribery trial Friday, saying he tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt. The monopoly that Hana’s company received forced out several other companies that had been …

At Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial, prosecutors highlight his wife’s desperate finances
7 months, 1 week ago

At Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial, prosecutors highlight his wife’s desperate finances

Associated Press  

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Prosecutors build their case at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez with emails and texts
7 months, 1 week ago

Prosecutors build their case at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez with emails and texts

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Prosecutors were presenting their bribery case against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez drip-by-drip on Tuesday, showing jurors a steady stream of documents, emails and phone records that they’ll explain more thoroughly later in the trial. Menendez, 70, is on trial with two New Jersey businessmen who prosecutors say paid him bribes, including gold bars and cash, over …

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator

LA Times  

The trial of Sen. Robert Menendez grinded to a weeklong break Tuesday after federal court jurors who were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution’s bribery case got stuck in an elevator a day after they were forced from their usual assembly room because of flooding. As jurors left for the day, Stein jokingly warned them: “Don’t all get …

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The trial of Sen. Bob Menendez grinded to a weeklong break on Tuesday after federal court jurors who were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution’s bribery case got stuck in an elevator a day after they were forced from their usual assembly room because of flooding. As jurors left for the day, Stein humorously warned …

Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial focuses on his wife’s New Jersey home
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial focuses on his wife’s New Jersey home

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A New Jersey businessman rescued the home of Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife from foreclosure just as the Democrat allegedly helped him secure a lucrative business relationship with Egypt, a lawyer testifying at his bribery trial said Monday. Attorney John Moldovan told a Manhattan federal court jury that he was working for the businessman, Wael Hana, in July …

Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial focuses on his wife's New Jersey home
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial focuses on his wife's New Jersey home

The Independent  

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Witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says meat-export monopoly made costs soar
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says meat-export monopoly made costs soar

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial testified Friday that the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt followed Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say the Democrat arranged in return for bribes. James Bret Tate, a U.S. diplomat who was based in …

Bob Menendez Sold His Office for Cash, Gold Bars, US Tells Jury
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Bob Menendez Sold His Office for Cash, Gold Bars, US Tells Jury

Live Mint  

Senator Bob Menendez’s bribery trial began Wednesday with a US prosecutor telling jurors that the New Jersey Democrat took cash, gold bars and a luxury car from two businessmen to perform favors for them and corruptly help the Egyptian government. Pomerantz said Menendez gave Egyptian officials “sensitive” non-public information about personnel at the US embassy in Cairo and helped Egypt …

Lawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez blamed the politician’s wife Wednesday for his legal problems, telling a jury at the start of a corruption trial that the Democrat wasn’t aware his spouse had taken gifts from a trio of businessmen and didn’t know about cash and gold bars hidden in a closet at their New Jersey …

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will have separate bribery trials, judge rules
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will have separate bribery trials, judge rules

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will be tried separately on allegations that they participated in a bribery scheme, a federal judge ruled Thursday after Nadine Menendez’s lawyers argued that she requires treatment for a serious medical condition. “This trial is going forward without Mrs. Menendez” in order to “give some stability and certainty to all …

As Qatar Mediates the World’s Disputes, Its U.S. Lobbying Sows Legal Problems
1 year ago

As Qatar Mediates the World’s Disputes, Its U.S. Lobbying Sows Legal Problems

Live Mint  

Tiny Qatar has managed to punch above its weight in mediating some of the world’s biggest disputes, including the war in Gaza. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan alleged this month that Qatari officials gave a relative of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez tickets to the Formula One Grand Prix in Miami the past two years and invested tens of millions …

Prosecutors say Sen. Menendez cashed in by linking Qatari royal family member with New Jersey businessman
1 year ago

Prosecutors say Sen. Menendez cashed in by linking Qatari royal family member with New Jersey businessman

LA Times  

Sen. Robert Menendez, then chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks during a hearing in March. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez used his international clout to help a friend get a multimillion-dollar deal with a Qatari investment fund, partly by taking actions favorable to Qatar’s government, federal prosecutors said this week in a revised indictment. The superseding indictment in New …

Sen. Bob Menendez Faces New Allegations In Criminal Case
1 year ago

Sen. Bob Menendez Faces New Allegations In Criminal Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez introduced a member of the Qatari royal family and principal in a company with ties to the government of Qatar to a New Jersey businessman before the company invested millions of dollars in the businessman’s real estate project, a rewritten indictment alleged Tuesday. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is seen after …

Prosecutors say Sen. Menendez cashed in by linking Qatari royal family member with NJ businessman
1 year ago

Prosecutors say Sen. Menendez cashed in by linking Qatari royal family member with NJ businessman

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez used his international clout to help a friend get a multimillion-dollar deal with a Qatari investment fund, partly by taking actions favorable to Qatar’s government, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in a revised indictment. The superseding indictment in New York said the senator and his wife accepted bribes of gold bars and cash from …

John Fetterman moves to ban 'Gold Bar' Bob Menendez from classified briefings as he awaits trial for acting as a foreign agent for Egypt
1 year, 2 months ago

John Fetterman moves to ban 'Gold Bar' Bob Menendez from classified briefings as he awaits trial for acting as a foreign agent for Egypt

Daily Mail  

Sen. John Fetterman stepped up his campaign against Bob Menendez with a resolution that would bar his fellow Democratic senator from classified briefings while he awaits trial on bribery charges. Sen. John Fetterman stepped up his campaign against Bob Menendez with a resolution that would bar his fellow Democratic senator from classified briefings Fetterman introduced a resolution on Thursday that …

Sen. Bob Menendez’s co-defendants, including his wife, plead not guilty to revised bribery charges
1 year, 2 months ago

Sen. Bob Menendez’s co-defendants, including his wife, plead not guilty to revised bribery charges

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Four defendants in the criminal bribery case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty Wednesday in New York City to a revised indictment alleging that the senator, his wife and a third defendant conspired to use him as an agent of the Egyptian government. The senator, his wife and Hana were charged in the rewritten indictment …

Menendez charged with acting as agent for Egyptian government
1 year, 2 months ago

Menendez charged with acting as agent for Egyptian government

The Independent  

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Prosecutors say Menendez and his wife were agents of Egypt government
1 year, 2 months ago

Prosecutors say Menendez and his wife were agents of Egypt government

Raw Story  

Sen. Bob Menendez is getting his indictment updated by federal prosecutors who now contend that he and his wife conspired to have him act as an agent of the Egyptian government, the Associated Press reported. "The superseding indictment, filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, accuses Menendez of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires people to register with …

Sen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt’s government in updated indictment
1 year, 2 months ago

Sen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt’s government in updated indictment

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was charged Thursday with conspiring for years to act as an agent of the Egyptian government while he held a powerful role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, putting the Democrat in deeper legal trouble as he continues to reject calls to resign. The new indictment says a conspiracy occurred from …

New indictment charges Sen. Menendez with acting as an agent of the Egyptian government
1 year, 2 months ago

New indictment charges Sen. Menendez with acting as an agent of the Egyptian government

LA Times  

Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials. The superseding indictment, filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, accuses Menendez of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires people …

Judge plans May trial for US Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case
1 year, 3 months ago

Judge plans May trial for US Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A judge is planning a spring trial for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, who are accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen who sought the senator’s help and influence over foreign affairs. The indictment also said Menendez used his influence to try and pressure state …

Judge plans May trial for US Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case
1 year, 3 months ago

Judge plans May trial for US Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case

The Independent  

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Egypt, gold bars and $15k in a parking lot: The sprawling allegations of corruption facing Robert Menendez
1 year, 3 months ago

Egypt, gold bars and $15k in a parking lot: The sprawling allegations of corruption facing Robert Menendez

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The indictment outlines the senator’s role in several alleged criminal schemes, including sharing “sensitive …

US Senator Menendez says he will be exonerated in bribery indictment
1 year, 3 months ago

US Senator Menendez says he will be exonerated in bribery indictment

Al Jazeera  

Bob Menendez faces calls to step down amid allegations he took bribes and used influence on behalf of the Egyptian government. US Senator Bob Menendez has said he is confident he will be exonerated after prosecutors indicted him on accusations the top Democrat used his influence to benefit the government of Egypt in exchange for bribes. Prosecutors said Hana had …

Who is Bob Menendez? Charged senator who 'exported' illegal halal meat to Egypt
1 year, 3 months ago

Who is Bob Menendez? Charged senator who 'exported' illegal halal meat to Egypt

Hindustan Times  

Bob Menendez a New Jersey Democratic senator has been charged with corruption alongside his wife, Nadine Menendez by the Department of Justice. According to a statement made by a US attorney in New York, Bob and Nadine were "in a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen- Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes." In 2018, the United States Senate …

Who is Bob Menendez? Charged senator who 'exported' illegal halal meat to Egypt
1 year, 3 months ago

Who is Bob Menendez? Charged senator who 'exported' illegal halal meat to Egypt

Hindustan Times  

Bob Menendez a New Jersey Democratic senator has been charged with corruption alongside his wife, Nadine Menendez by the Department of Justice. According to a statement made by a US attorney in New York, Bob and Nadine were "in a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen- Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes." In 2018, the United States Senate …

US Senator Bob Menendez indicted on bribery charges
1 year, 3 months ago

US Senator Bob Menendez indicted on bribery charges

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors accuse Menendez and his wife of corruption, including using top Democrat’s power to influence policy to benefit Egypt. The US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan on Friday accused Menendez and his wife Nadine of accepting hundreds of dollars in bribes in connection to their relationship with three New Jersey businessmen. “On top of that, not content with making false claims …

Why would Egypt need to bribe a U.S. senator?
1 year, 3 months ago

Why would Egypt need to bribe a U.S. senator?

LA Times  

Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, discusses a display of photos of evidence in the federal indictment against Sen. Robert Menendez during a news conference Friday. Prosecutors say that Menendez repeatedly sought to help Egypt get around restrictions on aid imposed by Congress because of the country’s human rights record. Last month, a group of …

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