{"id":2072497,"date":"2023-10-19T00:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T04:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-senators-wife-pleads-not-guilty-in-bribery-case\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T00:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T04:54:18","slug":"new-jersey-senators-wife-pleads-not-guilty-in-bribery-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-senators-wife-pleads-not-guilty-in-bribery-case\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Senator&#8217;s wife denies involvement in bribery case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fnew-jersey-senators-wife-pleads-not-guilty-in-bribery-case%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=2072497&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Wife of Senator Bob Menendez Pleads Not Guilty to New \u200bCharges in Egyptian \u200cGovernment Conspiracy<\/h2>\n<p>The wife of Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was\u200c arraigned in court on Wednesday where she\u200c pleaded not guilty to new charges of conspiring with her husband \u2063and another man \u200cto act as agents of \u2064the Egyptian \u200cgovernment.<\/p>\n<p>These allegations against Nadine Menendez are part of \u2062a broader case involving\u2062 bribery and unregistered foreign\u2063 agent activities.<\/p>\n<p>The revised superseding\u2062 indictment, filed in the \u2062Southern District of New York on Oct. 12, accuses the senator of violating a law that prohibits members of Congress from acting on behalf of a foreign\u200c nation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/new-indictment-accuses-sen-menendez-of-acting-as-agent-of-egypt-5508551?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">New Indictment Accuses Sen. Menendez of \u2064Acting \u200das Agent\u200d of\u200b Egypt<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>10\/12\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/us-senator-bob-menendez-set-for-may-6-trial-5502689?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">US Senator Bob Menendez Set for May 6 Trial<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>10\/2\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prosecutors\u2064 contend that Mr. Menendez &#8220;provided sensitive U.S. government information\u2062 and took other steps that secretly aided \u2063the government of Egypt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The initial indictment originally accused the senator and his\u2063 wife of being involved in \u200da\u2064 bribery scheme,\u200d which entailed them receiving cash, gold bars, and\u2063 a high-end vehicle from businessmen in New Jersey who were looking to gain the senator&#8217;s support in foreign affairs\u200b matters.<\/p>\n<p>U.S.\u200c District Judge Sidney Stein has scheduled \u2064the trial to begin on May 6, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Menendez, who\u200d has\u200d held his Senate seat since 2006, had previously pleaded not guilty to the initial indictment \u200din September. The 69-year-old will be arraigned separately on the \u2062superseding \u200dindictment\u2063 next \u2064week.<\/p>\n<p>The senator denied those charges in a previous statement to The Epoch Times, asserting \u2063his loyalty to the United\u2063 States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-indictment-accuses-sen-menendez-of-acting-as-agent-of-egypt\/\" title=\"Sen. Menendez indicted for acting as Egypt's agent.\">latest charge flies<\/a> in the face of my long record of standing up \u200dfor\u2064 human rights and democracy in Egypt and in challenging leaders of that country, including President El-Sisi,\u200d on these issues,&#8221; Mr. Menendez said. \u2064&#8221;I have been, throughout my life, loyal to only one country\u2014the United \u200dStates of America, the land my \u2063family chose to live \u200din democracy and freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Judge Stein denied a request by the third defendant, businessman Wael Hana, to remove a GPS monitoring device attached to his leg.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-judge-bans-thin-blue-line-clothing-for-court-employees\/\" title=\"Maryland Judge Bans \u2018Thin Blue Line\u2019 Clothing For Court Employees\">judge cited concerns<\/a> that Mr. Hana, who is both a U.S. and Egyptian citizen, was \u200da \u200dflight risk due to his deep connections with the Egyptian government and significant overseas assets.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hana&#8217;s attorney, Lawrence Lustberg, argued that the electronic ankle bracelet was uncomfortable\u200c and disrupted his client&#8217;s sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors\u2064 have alleged that Mr. Hana served as a middleman connecting Mr. Menendez to Egyptian officials.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Mr. Hana, the other co-defendants, including New \u200cJersey real estate developer\u200d Fred Daibes and businessman Jose Uribe, also\u2063 pleaded not guilty to\u200c the superseding\u200d indictment.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment cites a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-senators-wife-pleads-not-guilty-in-bribery-case\/\" title=\"NJ Senator's wife denies involvement in bribery case.\">text message chain \u2064allegedly<\/a> \u2063used by the defendants to transmit sensitive information from Mr. \u200cMenendez \u2063to the Egyptian government.<\/p>\n<p>In one text \u2063message, \u200cMr. Menendez \u200breportedly stated, &#8220;Tell Will [Hana] I\u200b am going\u200d to sign off this sale to Egypt today. \u2063Egypt: 46,000 120MM Target Practice Rounds and 10,000 Rounds Tank Ammunition: $99 Million.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2062 prosecutors,\u200d Ms. Menendez subsequently messaged Mr. Hana, who transmitted the information to Egyptian authorities, and in return received a positive &#8220;thumbs up&#8221; emoji as acknowledgment.<\/p>\n<p>The new charges against\u200c the trio allege that they conspired\u200c to act on behalf of \u200dEgypt, \u200cincluding\u2064 for \u2064Egyptian military and intelligence \u2062officials, from \u200bJanuary 2018 to June 2022. An Egyptian intelligence official allegedly visited with Mr. Menendez, his wife,\u2063 and their business associate\u200d Mr. Hana in Mr. Menendez&#8217;s Senate office in Washington in May\u200b 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement \u200dreleased last week, Mr. \u2063Menendez declared his intent to \u200b&#8221;show my innocence&#8221;\u200b at\u200d trial, while his wife, represented by her attorney,\u200c denied all \u200ballegations in the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lustberg, Mr. Hana&#8217;s\u2062 attorney, referred to the \u2063allegations that his client joined a plot\u2063 to enlist \u2062Mr. Menendez as an\u200b agent of the Egyptian government\u2062 as &#8220;absurd as \u2062it is \u2064false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Born in Beirut, Lebanon,\u2063 to Armenian parents,\u2063 Ms. Menendez met the New Jersey senator\u200d in 2019 \u200cat an IHOP\u2064 restaurant in Union\u2064 City, and they wed the following\u2062 year.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars were discovered during a June 2022 search \u2063of\u2064 their Englewood Cliffs home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><em>The\u200d Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What potential consequences could the \u2062defendants face if convicted in the case involving the Egyptian government&#8217;s \u2064conspiracy?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The\u2063 Egyptian government in their conspiracy. They claim\u2063 that Mr. Hana facilitated the exchange of\u200c bribes and helped coordinate the senator&#8217;s actions on behalf of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, the defendants could face serious consequences. The charges against\u200d the senator carry \u200da maximum sentence \u2063of 15 \u2063years in prison, while Nadine Menendez and \u200dWael Hana could face\u2062 up to 10\u200b years each.<\/p>\n<p>The case has attracted significant attention, as it involves a \u200dprominent senator and allegations of corruption\u2062 at a high \u2064level. The outcome of this trial \u2064will \u200dhave implications \u2062not only for the\u2062 defendants \u2063but also for the integrity and reputation of the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>It is important\u200c to\u200b note that all individuals are \u2063presumed innocent\u2062 until proven guilty in a court of law.\u2064 The defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges, and it will be up to the prosecution \u2064to present evidence that\u200b proves their guilt beyond \u2062a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>As\u200b this case progresses, it will \u2064be closely watched by\u2063 the public, the media, and the \u200dpolitical sphere. The trial, scheduled for May 6,\u200d 2024, will provide an\u2063 opportunity for\u2063 the evidence to be examined \u200dand for the accused to present their\u2064 defenses.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the Menendez family and their\u2064 supporters maintain their innocence. They \u200ccontinue\u2062 to assert their\u200c loyalty to the United States and \u2062emphasize their commitment to human rights and democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome\u2064 of this trial will have significant implications for the political landscape and the public&#8217;s trust in elected officials. \u2063As the proceedings unfold, it is crucial for\u2064 the justice \u2064system to ensure \u2063fairness, impartiality, and\u200b transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it will be up \u2063to the \u2064jury\u200b to determine the guilt or innocence of the defendants. The trial \u200cwill provide a platform for the evidence\u2062 to be presented, scrutinized, and evaluated. Only \u2063through a fair \u2063and thorough legal process can the truth be revealed and justice be served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nadine Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), pleaded not guilty in court to fresh charges of conspiring with her husband and another man to act as agents of the Egyptian government. 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