{"id":2195052,"date":"2024-03-07T20:01:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-sen-bob-menendez-will-not-seek-re-election\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T20:02:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:02:15","slug":"report-sen-bob-menendez-will-not-seek-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-sen-bob-menendez-will-not-seek-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Bob Menendez won&#8217;t run for re-election, according to report"},"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%2Freport-sen-bob-menendez-will-not-seek-re-election%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=2195052&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WASHINGTON,\u200d DC \u2013 \u2062MARCH\u2062 7: Sen. Bob\u200b Menendez (D-NJ) looks on before \u200cthe start of a Senate \u200dBanking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing where Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell would\u200d testify on Capitol Hill on March, 7 2024 in Washington, DC. Powell\u200d testified during\u200c a hearing titled\u200d \u201cThe Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.\u201d Menendez\u2062 has\u200c recently been \u2062hit with new changes in the federal bribery indictment against him. (Photo by Kent Nishimura\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>4:22 PM \u2064\u2013 Thursday, March 7, \u200b2024<\/p>\n<p>Controversial Senator\u200d Bob Menendez reportedly \u2064will not be running for re-election in November. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a report,\u200b Menendez (D-N.J.),\u00a0\u200c who has been indicted in a bribery scheme claimed he, \u201cwill not \u200bbe running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows\u2063 the \u200daddition of fresh\u200b obstruction counts to a revised indictment returned against \u200cMenendez\u2063 and his \u2062wife, Nadine, earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/sen-menendez-facing-new-charges-for-allegedly-receiving-gifts-from-qatar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to the indictment<\/a>, Menendez took payments from his accomplice, \u200dFred Daibes, a real estate developer in New Jersey, in exchange for\u2064 using his connections to assist Daibes in obtaining millions of dollars from a Qatar-related\u200c investment fund. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors claim that the senator went above and beyond to assist Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>As a part\u200d of a bribery scheme, Menendez, his wife Nadine \u2064Menendez, Daibes, and two other unnamed New Jersey\u2063 businessmen were charged with crimes last year. <\/p>\n<p>They have all entered not-guilty \u2064plea deals to the charges. <\/p>\n<p>Menendez is \u2062accused of functioning \u2064as a foreign agent for the Egyptian \u200dgovernment and assisted Egypt\u200c in exchange for one of the defendants gaining a monopoly\u200d on the halal export industry. <\/p>\n<p>According\u2062 to the most recent indictment, Menendez put \u200bDaibes in touch with a principal of the Qatari\u200d Investment Company\u2064 and a member of the royal family of \u2064Qatar when he\u200d was looking for an investor.\u00a0 The indictment also \u2062stated that Menendez expressed his support for the Qatari\u200c government in several public statements while\u200b the Qatari\u2062 investment fund\u200c was \u2064considering an investment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMenendez provided Daibes with these statements so that Daibes could share them \u200cwith the Qatari Investor and a Qatari government officials associated with the Qatari Investment Company,\u201d prosecutors alleged.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2064indictment alleged\u2063 that in August of 2021, \u2063Menendez sent a press release in which he \u2064praised the \u2062Qatari\u200d government, sending the text message: \u201cYou might want to send to them. I am just about to release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following month, Daibes texted Menendez pictures of expensive watches\u200b that reportedly cost up to $23,990, after he had attended a private event in Manhattan hosted\u2063 by the Qatari government. <\/p>\n<p>Two days later, \u200dMenendez texted Daibes with a website link that tracked a resolution in the \u200bSenate that supported Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, in \u2062January of 2022, the senator messaged the Qatari investor ahead of his meeting with Diabes \u2062to\u200b discuss potential investments, saying: \u201cI understand my friend is going to visit with you on the 15<sup>th<\/sup> of the\u200c month. I hope that this will result in the favorable and mutually\u2064 beneficial agreement \u200bthat you have been \u200dboth engaged in discussing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, in May, the Qatari official then provided\u200d tickets to\u200d the 2022 Formula One Grand Prix to a close\u2063 relative of \u2064Nadine Menendez at the senator\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>The Qatari investment fund signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture with Daibes\u2019 company \u200dthat same month, after a meeting between the \u2064senator, Daibes, and the two Qatari officials. After\u2064 that, the indictment \u2064stated that Daibes \u201cgave \u200cMenendez a gold \u200bbar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Qatari Investment Company officially joined Daibes last year by investing tens of millions of dollars. <\/p>\n<p>The indictment also claimed that Menendez continued to receive benefits \u200dfrom the Qataris, including four \u2062tickets to the Formula One Grand Prix that year.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez is accused of failing to \u200cdisclose on his financial disclosure forms for the gifts, \u2064gold bars, \u200band\u2062 race tickets that he \u200breceived from Qatar and Diabes.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez \u200bhas been under pressure \u200cto resign from both fellow Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u200b Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Kimberly Fletcher<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Karoline Leavitt<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Bill Wells<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Tim Burchett<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Investors have piled into Nvidia-focused ETFs this year on the frenzy around AI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LinkedIn for the first time disclosed sales for its premium subscription business as the company sees an uptick in adoption of new AI tools.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Over the past \u200dseveral years, social media companies have developed the practice of curbing\u200b the free\u200b speech of users who don\u2019t\u2064 fall in line with Silicon Valley\u2019s narratives.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple has terminated Epic Games\u2019 \u2062developer account, the Fortnite\u2063 video game maker said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What is the reason behind Senator Bob Menendez&#8217;s decision not to\u200b seek re-election amidst the bribery indictment?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Controversial Senator Bob Menendez Will \u200cNot Seek \u200cRe-Election \u2064Amid Bribery Indictment<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising \u2062turn\u2063 of events, Senator\u200b Bob Menendez \u2063has\u200c announced that he \u200bwill not be running for re-election in November. This decision comes amidst\u2064 an ongoing bribery scheme indictment against the New Jersey Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Menendez and his wife\u2064 Nadine were hit with fresh obstruction counts in a revised indictment. It is alleged that the\u2062 senator accepted payments from real\u2064 estate developer \u2062Fred Daibes in exchange for \u2063using his connections to help Daibes obtain millions of dollars\u200c from \u200da Qatar-related investment\u200d fund.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors claim that Menendez went above and beyond to assist Qatar, even functioning as a foreign agent for the\u2063 Egyptian government. In return for his actions, one of the defendants in \u200cthe case\u2062 would gain a monopoly on the halal export \u200cindustry.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment further alleges \u2064that Menendez introduced Daibes to \u2063key individuals in the Qatari Investment Company and expressed support for the Qatari government in public statements while \u200bthe investment fund was \u2064considering an investment.<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, Menendez provided Daibes with \u2064these statements to share with the \u2064Qatari investor and government officials \u2064associated with the investment company.\u2063 This collaboration between the senator and Daibes resulted in Menendez \u200creceiving\u2062 expensive watches and\u200c other gifts, including \u2064a gold\u200b bar.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Menendez,\u2064 his wife, Daibes, and two other \u200bNew \u200cJersey\u2062 businessmen were charged with crimes related to\u200b the bribery scheme. All parties\u2063 have\u200d pleaded not\u2062 guilty to \u2063the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez&#8217;s\u200c decision not to seek re-election comes as a surprise \u200bto many, as he has been \u2063a figure of controversy in \u2064recent years. Despite the indictment against him, Menendez \u200dhas \u200dmaintained his \u2063innocence and has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>With Menendez out of the running,\u200b the race for his \u200bSenate seat in \u2063New Jersey is bound to heat up. It remains to be seen\u2062 who will \u2064step\u2063 forward to fill the void left by the controversial senator.<\/p>\n<p>The bribery scheme indictment against Menendez has brought much scrutiny upon him \u2064and has further tarnished his reputation. As the legal proceedings continue, the public will be watching closely to see how this case \u2063unfolds and what consequences Menendez may face if \u200cfound guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Senator \u200cBob Menendez&#8217;s decision not to seek re-election amidst a bribery indictment is a \u200csignificant development in the political landscape. It marks the end of an era for the \u200ccontroversial senator and raises questions about the\u2063 future of his Senate seat.\u2064 As the \u2063legal battle continues, the implications \u200cof this indictment will undoubtedly have\u200c a\u2064 lasting impact on Menendez&#8217;s career and the \u200bpolitical climate in \u200dNew Jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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