{"id":2041803,"date":"2023-09-22T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T22:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-the-bribes-dem-senator-bullion-bob-menendez-took-and-what-he-did-in-exchange-according-to-prosecutors\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T18:04:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T22:04:53","slug":"all-the-bribes-dem-senator-bullion-bob-menendez-took-and-what-he-did-in-exchange-according-to-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-the-bribes-dem-senator-bullion-bob-menendez-took-and-what-he-did-in-exchange-according-to-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors reveal Dem Senator &#8216;Bullion Bob&#8217; Menendez&#8217;s bribery and actions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fall-the-bribes-dem-senator-bullion-bob-menendez-took-and-what-he-did-in-exchange-according-to-prosecutors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2041803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Powerful New Jersey Democratic senator Bob Menendez indicted \u200bon corruption charges<\/h2>\n<p>In a shocking turn of events, Senator\u2062 Bob Menendez, a prominent \u2063figure in the Democratic party, has\u2062 been indicted \u2064on\u200c eye-popping corruption charges.\u200d The \u2063Justice\u2063 Department alleges \u200cthat Menendez, along with his wife and three businessmen, engaged in a crooked scheme that\u200d involved receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, including gold bars, in exchange for \u200bfavoring\u200d his \u200bassociates and the\u200c Egyptian government.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment \u200creveals\u200c that Menendez&#8217;s wife, Nadine Menendez,\u200c and\u2062 her friend Wael Hana, an Egyptian-American businessman with \u2064close connections to Egyptian officials, orchestrated the corrupt agreement. New \u200dJersey businessmen Fred Daibes\u200b and \u2062Jose Uribe \u200bwere also implicated in the scheme, allegedly receiving kickbacks from the deal.<\/p>\n<p>This is not \u2062the first \u2063time \u200dMenendez \u2064has faced federal prosecution. In 2015, he stood trial for different corruption charges, but\u2062 the jury deadlocked. However, this time, the charges are even more shocking, and the potential penalties are \u2064much more severe.<\/p>\n<h3>What Menendez Allegedly Took<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cash money:<\/strong> As part of\u200c the scheme, \u200bBob and Nadine Menendez\u2062 received over $480,000 in cash, \u2062with much of it \u200dhidden in envelopes\u200c and clothing. They also had over $70,000 in Nadine Menendez&#8217;s safe deposit box. Some\u2063 of the envelopes \u2064contained the\u2064 fingerprints and DNA of Daibes or his driver.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Mercedes\u200c and home swag:<\/strong> During a search of the Menendezes&#8217; home and safe deposit box, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cnn-graphic-backfires\/\" title=\"WATCH: CNN Graphic Backfires\">federal agents discovered<\/a> \u200bthe cash. They also found home furnishings provided by Daibes or Uribe \u2063and a Mercedes-Benz C-300 paid\u200b for by Uribe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gold bullion:<\/strong> \u200cThe indictment \u200breveals that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-the-bribes-dem-senator-bullion-bob-menendez-took-and-what-he-did-in-exchange-according-to-prosecutors\/\" title=\"Prosecutors reveal Dem Senator 'Bullion Bob' Menendez's bribery and actions.\">federal agents found gold bars worth<\/a> over $100,000 in the Menendez home. These bars, weighing one kilogram each and marked \u2063with the\u200d &#8220;Swiss Bank \u200cCorporation,&#8221; were allegedly provided by Hana or Daibes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What Menendez Allegedly \u200cDid<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sold national secrets to Egypt:<\/strong> \u2062 Menendez allegedly provided \u200dsensitive \u2064U.S. government information\u200d and took other steps \u200cto secretly \u2063aid the government of Egypt. He requested and received non-public information from the\u200c State Department on the\u2062 U.S. embassy in Egypt and shared it\u200c with his girlfriend, who forwarded it to Hana\u200c and\u200c eventually an Egyptian government official.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secretly lobbied the United States on behalf of Egypt:<\/strong> At the\u2062 direction of an Egyptian\u200d official, Menendez edited and ghost-wrote \u200da letter on behalf of Egypt to\u2062 persuade \u2062other \u200dU.S. senators to release aid\u2063 to the country. \u2063He also demanded that an Agriculture Department official drop objections \u2062to a monopoly on halal food certification\u200b owned by Hana. Additionally, Menendez sent letters\u2064 to various U.S. agencies urging action on a disputed dam\u200c on the Nile River.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meddled with the justice system:<\/strong> Menendez attempted to strong-arm a prosecutor in the New Jersey Attorney General&#8217;s Office on two separate occasions\u200c to resolve \u2062cases in Uribe&#8217;s\u2064 favor. In exchange for his interference,\u2062 Uribe gave Nadine Menendez a Mercedes-Benz convertible.\u2062 During the second case, Menendez and his wife celebrated with Uribe and \u2063another associate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supported nomination of U.S. attorney\u2063 he thought would go easy on his \u2064friend:<\/strong> Menendez recommended the nomination of Philip\u2062 Sellinger \u200das New Jersey&#8217;s \u200bU.S. \u2063attorney \u2062based on an adviser&#8217;s assurance \u2064that Sellinger would not recuse himself from a prosecution of Daibes. In \u2064return, Daibes gave Menendez gold bars.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Told Egyptian official what senators would ask:<\/strong> Menendez organized\u2063 a private meeting between \u200dhimself and a senior Egyptian intelligence official, providing his wife with a copy of\u200b an article on questions that\u200d other \u2064U.S. senators intended to ask. His wife then shared the article with the official, enabling him to\u200c prepare his\u2063 rebuttals. Shortly after, Hana \u200bpurchased gold bars, \u200dtwo of which ended \u200cup in\u200c Menendez&#8217;s\u200b house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If\u200d convicted on all charges, Menendez and his wife \u200ccould face up to 45 years in\u200b federal prison.<\/p>\n<p>The senator&#8217;s fellow Democrats have\u2063 already begun to distance\u200b themselves \u2062from him. New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has called on Menendez to\u200d resign, stating that the \u200bcharges are so serious \u2062that they compromise his ability to effectively represent the people of their \u2062state. Matthew Gertz, a\u200c senior fellow at the left-wing website Media Matters, even\u2064 went as far as to suggest that Menendez&#8217;s\u200c alleged actions come close to treason.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What potential\u2063 consequences could U.S. officials\u2062 face if found guilty of supporting\u200b Egyptian political objectives for personal financial gain<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Hat U.S. officials support Egyptian political objectives in exchange for personal financial \u2063gain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helped with \u200dvisas for foreign women:<\/strong> In\u200d addition \u200dto\u200b his other corruption activities,\u2064 Menendez allegedly used\u200c his position and influence to assist foreign women, including girlfriends and other personal associates, in obtaining U.S. visas. Some \u200bof these individuals \u2064were \u2062reportedly connected to the\u2063 Egyptian \u200bgovernment \u2064and had close ties to Hana\u2062 and other Egyptian officials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u2064 indictment paints a shocking picture of Menendez&#8217;s alleged\u2062 corruption and abuse of power. If\u200c convicted,\u2062 Menendez could face severe penalties, including imprisonment and \u200csignificant fines. \u2064Additionally, \u200dthese charges could have a major impact on \u200bhis political career and the Democratic party as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez has maintained his innocence throughout the\u200d investigation and released a statement declaring\u2062 the charges\u2062 as politically motivated. He\u2063 plans to \u200bfight \u2063the charges vigorously in court.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062indictment of \u2063a\u200c powerful Senator like \u2063Menendez highlights \u200cthe importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-investigating-bullion-bob-menendez-over-mysterious-gold-bars-report\/\" title=\"Feds probe 'Bullion Bob' Menendez for enigmatic gold bars: Report.\">holding public officials accountable<\/a> for their actions. It \u200cserves as a reminder that corruption \u2063can\u200c exist in any political party\u2064 and that the justice system must remain \u2062vigilant in pursuing these cases.<\/p>\n<p>As the trial unfolds, it will\u200c be interesting to \u200dsee how the \u200ballegations against Menendez are proven \u2062and how \u200cthey will impact both his \u2063political career\u2064 and the \u2064broader political \u200blandscape.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the indictment\u2064 of Bob Menendez on corruption charges will undoubtedly\u2063 have a significant impact on the\u2063 Democratic party and \u200cpolitical \u2063dynamics in New Jersey. It remains to be seen how this \u2063scandal will unfold and what the ultimate consequences will be for \u200bthe Senator and those involved in the alleged \u200dcorrupt scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Democratic senator Bob Menendez, a prominent figure, faces corruption charges. The Justice Department alleges Menendez, along with his wife and three businessmen, engaged in a corrupt scheme. In exchange for favors to his associates and the Egyptian government, Menendez allegedly received substantial bribes, including gold bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":2041804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2041803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}