Re: All the Bribes Dem Senator 'Bullion Bob' Menendez Took and What He Did in Exchange, According to Prosecutors

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Powerful New Jersey Democratic senator Bob Menendez was indicted Friday on
eye-popping corruption charges. According to the Justice Department,
Menendez, his wife, and three businessmen were involved in a crooked
scheme in which the senator received hundreds of thousands of dollars in
bribes—including gold bars—in exchange for benefiting his associates and
the Egyptian government.

Menendez's wife, Nadine Menendez, and her friend Wael Hana, an Egyptian-
American businessman with "close connections" to Egyptian officials,
cooked up the "corrupt agreement," according to the federal indictment.
Hana had the help of New Jersey businessmen Fred Daibes and Jose Uribe,
who also received kickbacks from the deal, the indictment alleges.

It's the second time in 10 years that Bob Menendez has faced federal
prosecution. A jury deadlocked in 2015 over different corruption charges
against the senator. This time, however, the charges are even more
shocking—and the potential penalties even more severe.

What Menendez Allegedly Took

Cash money: As part of the scheme, Bob and Nadine Menendez received over
$480,000 in cash—"much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in
clothing, closets, and a safe"—along with "over $70,000 in Nadine
Menendez's safe deposit box," according to prosecutors. Some of the
envelopes contained the fingerprints and DNA of Daibes or his driver.

A Mercedes and home swag: Federal agents in June 2022 found the cash while
executing a search warrant on the Menendezes' home and safe deposit box.
They also found "home furnishings" provided by Daibes or Uribe and a
Mercedes-Benz C-300 paid for by Uribe, prosecutors say.

Gold bullion: Federal agents discovered gold bars in the Menendez home
worth more than $100,000, according to the indictment. The bars, which
weigh one kilogram each and have the markings of the "Swiss Bank
Corporation," were allegedly provided by either Hana or Daibes.

What Menendez Allegedly Did

Sold national secrets to Egypt: Menendez allegedly "provided sensitive
U.S. government information and took other steps that secretly aided the
government of Egypt," according to the indictment. Following a 2018
meeting with Hana, Menendez requested and received sensitive, non-public
information from the State Department on "the number and nationality" of
employees at the U.S. embassy in Egypt, according to the indictment. He
allegedly texted that information to Nadine, then his girlfriend, who
forwarded it to Hana, who in turn forwarded it to an Egyptian government
official.

Secretly lobbied the United States on behalf of Egypt: In May 2018, at the
direction of an Egyptian official, Bob Menendez "secretly edited and
ghost-wrote" a letter on behalf of Egypt meant to persuade other U.S.
senators to release a hold on $300 million in aid to the country,
prosecutors say. Following a meeting with an Egyptian intelligence
official, the senator in spring 2019 demanded that an Agriculture
Department official drop the department's objections to a "lucrative
monopoly" on the certification of halal food, owned by Hana, according to
the indictment. Prosecutors allege that after a March 2020 meeting with an
Egyptian official about a disputed dam on the Nile River, Menendez sent
letters to various U.S. agencies urging action.

Meddled with the justice system: The senator on two separate occasions in
2019 attempted to strong-arm a prosecutor in the New Jersey Attorney
General's Office into resolving cases in Uribe's favor, according to the
indictment. In exchange for Menendez's interference in the first case,
Uribe gave Nadine Menendez the Mercedes-Benz convertible, worth more than
$60,000, prosecutors say. They add that while Bob Menendez was interfering
in the second case, he and his wife had a celebratory dinner with Uribe
and another associate.

Supported nomination of U.S. attorney he thought would go easy on his
friend: Menendez in 2021 recommended the nomination of Philip Sellinger as
New Jersey's U.S. attorney based on an adviser's assurance that Sellinger
would not have to recuse himself from a prosecution of Daibes. According
to the indictment, Menendez only wanted a U.S. attorney who would be
favorable toward Daibes. In exchange, Daibes gave Menendez gold bars.

Told Egyptian official what senators would ask: In June 2021, Nadine
Menendez organized a private meeting between Bob Menendez and a senior
Egyptian intelligence official. On the day of the meeting, Bob Menendez
provided his wife with a copy of an article on "questions that other U.S.
senators" intended to ask the official in a meeting one day later. Nadine
Menendez in turn provided the article to the official and wrote, "This way
you can prepare your rebuttals." Two days afterward, Hana bought gold
bars, two of which ended up in Menendez's house.

If convicted on all charges, Menendez and his wife could face 45 years in
federal prison.

Some Democrats have already begun to turn on the senator. New Jersey
governor Phil Murphy (D.) on Friday called on Menendez to resign, saying
the charges "are so serious that they compromise the ability of Senator
Menendez to effectively represent the people of our state." Matthew Gertz,
a senior fellow at the left-wing website Media Matters, said that what
Menendez allegedly did comes close to "treason."

Published under: Bob Menendez , Corruption , Crime , Egypt , Espionage ,
National Security , New Jersey

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