{"id":2138866,"date":"2024-01-02T18:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T23:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-bob-menendez-accused-of-taking-bribes-to-help-qatar-in-superseding-indictment\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T18:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T23:33:19","slug":"sen-bob-menendez-accused-of-taking-bribes-to-help-qatar-in-superseding-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-bob-menendez-accused-of-taking-bribes-to-help-qatar-in-superseding-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Bob Menendez accused of accepting bribes to aid Qatar in new indictment"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fsen-bob-menendez-accused-of-taking-bribes-to-help-qatar-in-superseding-indictment%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=2138866&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>Prosecutors Accuse Senator Menendez of Taking Bribes to Help Qatar<\/h2>\n<p>Exciting \u2062new allegations have emerged \u200cagainst Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), as prosecutors claim he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-dem-choses-vacation-over-crucial-committee-votes\/\" title=\"Michigan Dem Choses Vacation Over Crucial Committee Votes\">accepted cash<\/a> and \u2062even gold \u2063bars in exchange \u2064for assisting the government of Qatar. U.S. Attorney \u2063Damien\u200c Williams revealed in a 50-page superseding indictment \u200dthat Menendez allegedly took these bribes from\u200c a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-donors-back-efforts-to-recall-calif-gov-newsom\/\" title=\"Trump donors back efforts to recall Calif. Gov. Newsom\">real estate developer<\/a> in \u2063New Jersey. The\u200b developer\u200c hoped that \u2063Menendez would use his influence\u200b to convince a\u200d Qatari company to invest millions in one of his projects.<\/p>\n<h3>Explosive\u200b Revelations in the Superseding Indictment<\/h3>\n<p>The\u200d superseding indictment, spanning 50 pages, does not\u200d introduce any new \u200bcharges beyond the four already faced by Menendez for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-received-a-paycheck-for-15-years-despite-never-showing-up-for-work-authorities-say\/\" title=\"Man Received A Paycheck For 15 Years Despite Never Showing Up For Work, Authorities Say\">allegedly aiding<\/a> the government of Egypt. \u200dHowever,\u2064 it\u200c does contain a shocking revelation about his involvement with Qatar. The \u200ddocument alleges that Menendez engaged in bribery as recently as 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez, \u2063who previously \u200cserved\u200d as the \u2064chairman of the \u2063Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was indicted last fall for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-needs-to-go-fetterman-throws-sinister-dem-colleague-under-the-bus-while-on-the-view\/\" title=\"Fetterman calls out 'sinister' Dem colleague on 'The View', says he must leave\">allegedly accepting hundreds<\/a> of thousands \u200bof dollars in bribes to benefit the Egyptian government. Although he\u2063 stepped down as chairman, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-new-york-democratic-lawmakers-busted-for-cocaine-in-past-two-years\/\" title=\"Multiple New York Democratic Lawmakers Busted For Cocaine In Past Two Years\">defiantly remains<\/a> a member of the committee and has refused to resign from the Senate, despite bipartisan pressure to\u200c do so.<\/p>\n<p>Not Guilty Plea \u2062and\u2063 Upcoming Trial<\/p>\n<p>Menendez has pleaded\u200b not\u2063 guilty to the charges, and his\u2064 trial is scheduled for May. As\u2063 this story \u200dcontinues to develop, \u200dthe \u2064full text of the new indictment can\u200b be found below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the new indictment in full below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This\u200c story is developing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What has been the response from Senator Menendez\u2063 regarding the charges, and what are \u2062the prevailing sentiments among bipartisan politicians urging his resignation<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Prosecutors\u2062 from\u2063 the United States have recently accused Senator Bob Menendez of accepting bribes from the government of \u2063Qatar in exchange for his assistance. The allegations were revealed by U.S. Attorney Damien Williams in a 50-page superseding indictment. According to the indictment, Menendez allegedly received cash and even\u2064 gold bars from a real estate developer in New\u200d Jersey, with the hope that the senator would use his influence\u2062 to convince a Qatari company to invest millions in one of the developer&#8217;s projects.<\/p>\n<p>While the\u2062 superseding indictment does not introduce \u200cany new charges, it does contain a shocking revelation about Menendez&#8217;s involvement with Qatar. The \u200ddocument alleges that Menendez engaged\u2063 in bribery as recently as \u200b2023. Menendez,\u200c who previously served as the\u2064 chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was indicted last fall\u2063 for\u2062 allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars \u200bin bribes on behalf\u2063 of the Egyptian government. Despite stepping down as chairman, Menendez defiantly remains a \u2063member of the committee and has refused to resign from the Senate, \u2064despite bipartisan pressure to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez has \u2064pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his trial is scheduled \u2063for May. As this \u200dstory continues to develop, the full\u2063 text of the new indictment can be\u200c found below. This story is still developing, and more information will be available\u2062 as the trial progresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors accused Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) of accepting cash and gold bars to assist Qatar&#8217;s government, adding to his existing bribery charges. U.S. Attorney Damien Williams stated in a 50-page indictment that Menendez received these bribes from a local real estate developer in New Jersey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2138867,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2138866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2138866","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2138866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2138867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}