Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Menendez</a> (D-NJ), who is accused of taking bribes to wield his influence to benefit foreign nations. 
Federal prosecutors have charged Menendez with 16 criminal counts, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/13/bob-menendez-trial-new-jersey-corruption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including</a> conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right, a charge accusing him of conspiring to act as a foreign agent for Egypt, obstruction of justice, and other related corruption charges. The allegations include claims that Menendez was bribed with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes-Benz. 
Menendez was the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when federal investigators say the bribery scheme took place. After he was first charged in September 2023, he stepped down as chair, though he is still on the committee. 
The trial, taking place in Manhattan, and expected to last weeks. Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, two New Jersey businessmen accused of being involved in the bribery scheme, are being tried with Menendez. A third alleged associate of Menendez, Jose Uribe, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/businessman-pleads-guilty-to-corruption-charges-will-testify-against-new-jersey-democrat-senator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pled guilty</a> in March to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services wire fraud, obstruction of justice, and tax evasion.
Mendendez’s wife, Nadine, will be tried in July over accusations that she was part of the bribery scheme. During his plea deal, Uribe said that Nandine was given a Mercedes-Benz with the expectation Menendez <a href="https://apnews.com/article/menendez-uribe-federal-bribery-indictment-a7f1d893f1ee387f079161011e9dd37e?taid=65e2224817ae090001089d55&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter">would</a> use “his power and influence as a United States senator to get a favorable outcome and to stop all investigations related to one of my associates.”
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According to federal prosecutors, the alleged bribes were intended to benefit Egypt and protect Hana, Daibes, and Uribe. 
“Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,” the indictment said. Federal authorities reportedly found gold bars and cash stuffed throughout the senator’s home that they traced back to the businessmen Menendez allegedly worked with. 
Menendez is also accused of ghostwriting a letter to other senators to urge them to support ending a hold on $300 million in military aid to Egypt, a letter reportedly written in coordination with his wife and the businessmen in question. Other charges say he attempted to use his influence to benefit Qatar. 
The New Jersey Democrat has pleaded not guilty to the charges and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senator-menendez-poised-to-blame-his-wife-for-alleged-crimes-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> plans to blame Nadine. Menendez previously faced federal corruption charges in 2017, but the case ended in a mistrial.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Menendez</a> (D-NJ) appears set to try to blame his wife, Nadine Menendez, for the federal bribery charges that the couple is facing, according to newly unsealed court documents.
“At trial, as part of his defense, Senator Menendez may elect to testify to communications with his wife that serve to materially decrease any inference of culpability on Senator Menendez’s part,” the motion <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/16/us-news/sen-bob-menendez-may-throw-wife-nadine-under-the-bus-in-corruption-trial-court-docs-show/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>. “Senator Menendez will explain, for example, what he and his wife discussed contemporaneously with their dinners with Egyptian officials (which colored his understanding of the purpose of such dinners); the explanations that Nadine provided for why [co-defendants Wael Hanna and Jose Uribe] had provided her certain monetary items; the reasons why he sent his wife a series of questions that other Senators purportedly intended to ask an Egyptian official; and many more topics.”
The 70-year-old senator is planning to show the &#8220;absence of any improper intent on Senator Menendez&#8217;s part&#8221; by &#8220;demonstrating the ways&#8221; that his wife &#8220;withheld information from Sen. Menendez or otherwise led him to believe that nothing unlawful was taking place,&#8221; the document continued.
The document added that by &#8220;demonstrating the absence of any improper intent on Senator Menendez’s part, they may inculpate Nadine.&#8221;
Menendez and his wife were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-bob-menendez-to-not-run-for-re-election-as-a-democrat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicted</a> on federal charges in September for allegedly accepting bribes from three businessmen in exchange for actions that he took as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to the DOJ, the alleged bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt.
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Prosecutors later said in a revised indictment that Menendez also allegedly used his clout to help a friend secure a multi-million dollar investment deal from the Qatari government, in part by taking actions that benefited Qatar.
In a subsequent superseding indictment, Menendez was also charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, public official acting as a foreign agent, bribery, extortion and honest services wire fraud.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Menendez</a> (D-NJ) said late on Thursday that he will not run for re-election in the Democrat primary, which comes as he faces multiple felony charges stemming for a corruption investigation involving foreign nations.
&#8220;I will not file for the Democratic primary this June,&#8221; Menendez said in a video posted to social media. &#8220;I am hopeful that my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy as an independent Democrat in a general election.&#8221;
Menendez and his wife were indicted on federal charges in September for allegedly accepting bribes from three businessmen in exchange for actions that he took as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to the DOJ, the bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt.
Menendez was charged with conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right, and conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent.
Prosecutors later said in a revised indictment that he also allegedly used his clout to help a friend secure a multi-million dollar investment deal from the Qatari government in-part by taking actions that benefited Qatar.
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In a subsequent superseding indictment, Menendez was charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, public official acting as a foreign agent, bribery, extortion and honest services wire fraud.
Menendez has denied any wrongdoing and has instead cast the investigation as another attempt by federal law enforcement to take him down after he previously faced a corruption trial.
“Not content – or capable – of meeting those facts fairly at trial, the government has now falsely alleged a cover-up and obstruction,” Menendez said earlier this month.
“The latest charge reveals far more about the government than it says about me,” he added. “It says that the prosecutors are afraid of the facts, scared to subject their charges to the fair-minded scrutiny of a jury, and unconstrained by any sense of justice or fair play. It says, once and for all, that they will stop at nothing in their zeal to get me.”
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A businessman and alleged associate of Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Menendez</a> (D-NJ) pled guilty on Friday to seven corruption charges and agreed to testify against Menendez, the former head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. 
Jose Uribe, 56, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/nyregion/menendez-bribery-defendant-guilty.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pled guilty</a> to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services wire fraud, obstruction of justice and tax evasion. Uribe admitted to giving Menendez’s wife, Nadine, a Mercedes-Benz with the expectation the Democrat senator <a href="https://apnews.com/article/menendez-uribe-federal-bribery-indictment-a7f1d893f1ee387f079161011e9dd37e?taid=65e2224817ae090001089d55&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would</a> use “his power and influence as a United States senator to get a favorable outcome and to stop all investigations related to one of my associates.”
Uribe said that the car was given so that a “possible investigation into another person who I considered to be a member of my family,” would not be initiated. 
The businessman said that he paid for the car “in a manner to conceal my involvement because I knew it was wrong. I knew that giving a car in return for influencing a United States senator to stop a criminal investigation was wrong, and I deeply regret my actions.”
Uribe could be sentenced to 95 years in prison and has to forfeit $246,000. He will also now testify against Menendez, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jersey-democrat-sen-bob-menendez-indicted-on-bribery-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faces charges</a> of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
Prosecutors allege that Menendez and his wife had a corrupt relationship with businessmen Wael Hana, Uribe, and Fred Daibes, who allegedly gave the senator bribes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the DOJ, the bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt. 
“Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,” the indictment said. Federal authorities reportedly found gold bars and cash stuffed throughout the senator’s home that they traced back to the businessmen Menendez allegedly worked with. 
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Menendez is also accused of ghostwriting a letter to other senators to urge them to support to end a hold on $300 million in military aid to Egypt, a letter that was reportedly written in coordination with his wife and the businessmen in question. 
The trial for Menendez and his co-defendants is scheduled to begin on May 5.

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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) defended himself on the Senate floor Tuesday morning against the newest criminal charges he faces for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for advancing the interests of Qatar.
The new charges were contained in a superseding indictment that was <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/02/politics/bob-menendez-superseding-indictment-qatar/index.html">unsealed</a> last week and alleges Menendez accepted various gifts and payments in exchange for taking action to help Qatar and one of the other co-conspirators listed in the indictment.
&#8220;I’m innocent, and I intend to prove my innocence – not just for me, but for the precedent this case will set for you and for future members of the Senate,&#8221; Menendez said. &#8220;Members of the Senate are not above the law, but they are not beneath it either. If for political expediency, an indictment and its accusations are now tantamount to guilt, we have upended our system of justice in America.&#8221;
Menendez claimed that there was &#8220;no evidence&#8221; of the &#8220;sensationalized allegations&#8221; being made against him and said that &#8220;a full explanation of what is the truth about those issues&#8221; will be presented at trial which he claimed &#8220;proves I am entirely innocent of the charges.&#8221;
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&#8220;I understand how the government&#8217;s accusations may be in the most sensational and purposely damning way possible,&#8221; Menendez continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s misuse of the grand jury system to bring superseding indictments, even though it had all the information they allege from the beginning, can be a source of concern and content by some of my colleagues, the political establishment, and most importantly, the people of New Jersey… I am suffering greatly as a result of what they have done after 50 years of public service – this is not how I wanted to celebrate my golden jubilee.&#8221;
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A Tuesday segment on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/msnbc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MSNBC&#8217;s</a> &#8220;Deadline White House&#8221; got awkward when new allegations surfaced against embattled Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) — and his daughter was guest-hosting the show.
Alicia Menendez was sitting in for regular host Nicolle Wallace, and just before the show went to a commercial break, she announced that a breaking news update was imminent. &#8220;We have to take a quick break. And we’ll be back with some breaking news right after this,&#8221; she said.
When they returned, however, MSNBC host Ari Melber was in the anchor&#8217;s chair to deliver the news.
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Towards the end of today&#39;s broadcast of MSNBC&#39;s Deadline: White House, anchor Alicia Menendez &#8212; filling in for Nicolle Wallace &#8212; hands off to Ari Melber to report Sen. Bob Menendez&#39;s latest corruption charges.
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&#8220;Hello, I’m Ari Melber with some breaking legal news,&#8221; Melber said. &#8220;New Jersey United States Sen. Robert Menendez now facing new allegations in a second superseding indictment which was filed by a federal grand jury from his DOJ prosecution.&#8221;
<a href="https://abc7ny.com/bob-menendez-superseding-indictment-senator-new-jersey/14261380/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As reported</a> on Tuesday by New York ABC News affiliate WABC, a second superseding indictment against the New Jersey senator alleges that he took &#8220;luxury watches&#8221; and other &#8220;things of value&#8221; in exchange for speaking positively about Qatar.
Co-defendant Fred Daibes is quoted in the indictment as asking Menendez, &#8220;How about one of these?&#8221; — after which he sent the senator a photo of the watches in question, which ranged in value from $10,000-$24,000.
On September 29, 2021 — just two days later — Daibes sent Menendez another message. This one addressed a Senate resolution that would show support for Qatar — and at the time, Daibes was also working to secure a real estate deal with the Qatari Investment Company.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-menendez-charged-with-acting-as-a-foreign-agent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Menendez</a> has already been charged with bribery and &#8220;acting as a foreign agent&#8221; in regard to his dealings with Egypt.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/msnbc-host-alicia-menendez-addresses-the-scandal-involving-her-father-bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alicia Menendez</a> previously addressed the unfolding scandal involving her father, saying that while her network would certainly continue to cover the news as it happened, she would not be the one to deliver it.
&#8220;I will not be reporting on the legal case. That said, my colleagues across MSNBC and NBC News, they have aggressively covered this story, and they’ll continue to do so, as they should,&#8221; she said at the time.

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A federal judge declined to delay the corruption trial of Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Menendez</a> (D-NJ) by two months, keeping the previously scheduled timeline on track. 
Menendez, who is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, had hoped to move jury selection for his trial from May to July. The trial for Menendez, his wife, and three New Jersey businessmen will begin on May 5, federal Judge Sidney Stein <a href="https://apnews.com/article/bob-menendez-wife-defendants-bribery-indictment-c4c9fd351251032d43b2005eabf5f6e4">ordered</a>. 
Menendez’s defense team said that it needed extra time because of the “unprecedented foreign-agent charge against a sitting Senator” and due to the 6.7 million documents that will be used in the case. The judge rejected this argument, saying that federal prosecutors had told Menendez’s lawyers what to expect, according to the Associated Press. 
“The fact that discovery has been voluminous is consistent with the parties’ stated expectations on October 2 and does not justify a two month adjournment of the schedule,” Stein <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/28/menendez-trial-delay-request-rejected-00133295" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “In fact, the volume of discovery material is less than defendants were concerned it was when they sought the [two month delay] on December 20.”
Menendez <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jersey-democrat-sen-bob-menendez-indicted-on-bribery-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faces charges</a> of conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
The <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23989441/us_v_menendez_et_al_indictment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment says</a> that Menendez and his wife had a corrupt relationship with New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana, Jose Uribe, and Fred Daibes, who allegedly gave the senator bribes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the DOJ, the bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt. 
“Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,” the indictment said. Federal authorities reportedly found gold bars and cash stuffed throughout the senator’s home that they traced back to the businessmen Menendez allegedly worked with. 
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Menendez is also accused of ghost writing a letter to other senators to urge them to support to end a hold on $300 million in military aid to Egypt, a letter that was reportedly written in coordination with his wife and the businessmen in question. 
Other aspects of the indictment focus in on Menendez’s involvement with IS EG Halal, a business that prosecutors say was used to funnel bribery payments and one of the businessman’s alleged payments for a Mercedes Benz used by Nadine Menendez.
Menendez, his wife, and the three business men have all pleaded not guilty to the charges they face. He has faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-fetterman-calls-on-bob-menendez-to-resign-from-u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calls from</a> some Democrats like Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) to step down.

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At least four gold bars that federal investigators recovered during their search of Sen. Bob Menendez&#8217;s (D-NJ) home are directly linked to one of the men accused of bribing Menendez.
In 2013, businessman Fred Daibes filed a police report stating that he was the victim of an armed robbery and that the assailants took $500,000 in cash from him and nearly two dozen gold bars.
Police later caught the suspects and Daibes&#8217; property was returned to him, including the gold bars. According to Daibes, who had to sign a document certifying that the property was his, the gold bars all had unique serial numbers that would never be duplicated onto another gold bar.
&#8220;Each gold bar has its own serial number,&#8221; he told investigators at the time. &#8220;They’re all stamped … you’ll never see two stamped the same way.&#8221;
Four of the gold bars that investigators recovered from Menendez&#8217;s home have the same serial numbers as four of the 22 gold bars that were stolen and later returned to Daibes.
Daibes was charged in the federal indictment for allegedly conspiring to bribe Menendez and conspiring to commit fraud.
The <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23989441/us_v_menendez_et_al_indictment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment says</a> that Menendez and his wife had a corrupt relationship with New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana, Jose Uribe, and Fred Daibes, who allegedly gave the senator bribes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the DOJ, the bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt.
NBC legal analyst Danny Cevallas said, &#8220;All of this spells bad news for Senator Menendez because the chain of custody – it appears – is going to be really easy to prove up.&#8221;
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-fetterman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) called for Menendez to be expelled from the Senate last week after the U.S. House of Representatives expelled now-former Rep. George Santos (R-NY).
“Senator Menendez, he needs to go,” Fetterman said. “And if you are going to expel Santos, how can you allow somebody like Menendez to remain in the Senate? And, you know, Santos is kind of, lies were almost, you know, funny. And like, you know, he, you know, landed on the moon and that kind of stuff.”
“Whereas, you know, I think, you know, Menendez, I think is really a senator for Egypt. You know, not New Jersey. So I really think he needs to go,” Fetterman said. “He has the right for his day in court and all that, but he doesn’t have the right to have those kinds of votes and things that — that’s not a right. And I think we need to make that kind of decision to send him out.”

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-fetterman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> (D-PA) called for Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Menendez</a> (D-NJ) to be expelled from the U.S. Senate on Friday as now-former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives.
Fetterman&#8217;s remarks, which he made during a lengthy interview that he gave on ABC’s &#8220;The View,&#8221; came after the House voted to expel Santos after an Ethics Committee report said that he lied and following numerous federal counts he was charged with, including alleged aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and conspiracy.
The freshman senator said that he was &#8220;not surprised&#8221; that Santos was removed, but believed that &#8220;the more important picture is that we have a colleague in the Senate that actually does much more sinister and serious kinds of things.&#8221;
&#8220;Senator Menendez, he needs to go,&#8221; Fetterman said. &#8220;And if you are going to expel Santos, how can you allow somebody like Menendez to remain in the Senate? And, you know, Santos is kind of, lies were almost, you know, funny. And like, you know, he, you know, landed on the moon and that kind of stuff.&#8221;
&#8220;Whereas, you know, I think, you know, Menendez, I think is really a senator for Egypt. You know, not New Jersey. So I really think he needs to go,&#8221; Fetterman said. &#8220;He has the right for his day in court and all that, but he doesn’t have the right to have those kinds of votes and things that — that’s not a right. And I think we need to make that kind of decision to send him out.”
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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) was on The View and he too argued that Menendez was far worse than Santos: &quot;I think, you know, Menendez, I think is really a senator for Egypt, not New Jersey.&quot; Hostin whines that there are calls for Menendez to go before &quot;adjudication.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/3FSvEEg190">pic.twitter.com/3FSvEEg190</a>
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Santos&#8217; expulsion vote, which required a two-thirds majority, passed easily with 311 representatives voting in the affirmative to 114 voting against, and two voting present. Democrats, who remained mostly united in their vote for Santos’ expulsion, were joined by 105 Republicans.
The New York congressman’s expulsion comes after all four of the top Republican House leaders said they would vote against expelling Santos. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House GOP Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) all opposed expelling Santos, CNN reported. The Republican leaders believed an expulsion could set a bad precedent since the New York representative has yet to be convicted of any crimes. GOP House leadership also did not work to whip up any votes to keep Santos from being expelled, with Johnson saying it was a vote of conscience.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-votes-to-expel-george-santos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Votes To Expel George Santos</a>

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A reporter confronted Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez">Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; Menendez</a> (D-NJ) on Wednesday over the senator&#8217;s attendance at a classified briefing on Ukraine despite facing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-menendez-charged-with-acting-as-a-foreign-agent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charges</a> of improper ties to Egypt, including conspiring to be a foreign agent of that country while in office.
Manu Raju, who covers Congress for CNN, caught up with the lawmaker on Capitol Hill, asking Menendez about his attendance after the senator missed a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/17/bob-menendez-israel-briefing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classified briefing</a> on Israel two weeks ago.
In posing his question, Raju said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did not let Menendez attend the earlier briefing, which prompted the New Jersey Democrat to snap back.
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“First of all, you’re wrong about that. He didn’t say, ‘You can’t go’ &#8230; he didn’t not let me,” Menendez said. The senator said he attended the latest briefing &#8220;because getting an update on Ukraine is something that’s worthy as we consider the supplemental.&#8221;
Raju kept up the pressure, saying, &#8220;You&#8217;re being accused of aiding a foreign government.&#8221; He followed up by asking, &#8220;Why is it appropriate for you to go to a classified briefing?&#8221;
Menendez responded, &#8220;You know, Manu, I know you&#8217;ve got to make news. Bottom line is I&#8217;m a United States senator, I have my security credentials, and an accusation is just that. It&#8217;s not proof of anything.&#8221;
The senator from New Jersey has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to act as a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-bob-menendez-arraigned-foreign-agent-charge-rcna121653" target="_blank" rel="noopener">foreign agent</a> of the Egyptian government as well as related charges over an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/egypt">Egypt</a>-related <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-bob-menendez-pleads-not-guilty-in-egypt-bribery-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bribery scheme</a> that allegedly involved his wife and others.
Menendez stepped down as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, which Schumer said Menendez was doing <a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/09/22/menendez-steps-down-temporarily-as-u-s-senate-committee-chairman-amid-federal-charges/">&#8220;temporarily&#8221;</a> until the legal matter gets resolved.
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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), who took on the <a href="https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/release/cardin-named-chair-of-the-senate-foreign-relations-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chairmanship</a> of the panel in September, said Menendez &#8220;has every right&#8221; to attend classified briefings as a member of the Senate and emphasized that the latest &#8220;had nothing to do with&#8221; the charges, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/01/politics/bob-menendez-classified-briefing/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>.
One member of their party, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), has called on the Senate to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4252919-fetterman-senate-expel-menendez-indictment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expel Menendez</a>. After the Israel briefing earlier last month, Fetterman <a href="https://twitter.com/igorbobic/status/1714737486243483706" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly said</a>, “I’m glad he wasn’t in there and he shouldn’t be in the Senate. We’ve got to chuck him.”

Reporter Confronts Sen. Menendez Over Attending Classified Briefing Despite Foreign Agent Charge

Reporter Confronts Menendez Over Attending Classified Briefing Despite Foreign Agent Charge

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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was hit with a new felony charge on Thursday as a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment that included an additional count of allegedly acting as a foreign agent.
Menendez, his wife, and one of the businessmen involved in the alleged bribery scheme &#8220;willfully and knowingly combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed together and with each other to have&#8221; Menendez &#8220;act as an agent&#8221; of the Egyptian government, the indictment <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24028566/20231012-rm-et-al-s1-indictmentfinal-for-gj-signed.pdf">said</a>.
Prosecutors allege that Menendez &#8220;provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.&#8221;
The original indictment against Menendez, his wife, and three businessmen, was unsealed last month and alleged that he and his wife had a corrupt relationship with New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana, Jose Uribe, and Fred Daibes, who allegedly gave the senator bribes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the DOJ, the bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt.
“Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,” the indictment said. Federal authorities reportedly found gold bars and cash stuffed throughout the senator’s home that they traced back to the businessmen Menendez allegedly worked with.
“Over $480,000 in cash — much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets, and a safe — was discovered in the home,” the indictment said. Photos included in the indictment included pictures of gold bars and hundred dollars bills that had been stuffed in clothing.
Menendez is also accused of ghost writing a letter to other senators to urge them to support to end a hold on $300 million in military aid to Egypt, a letter that was reportedly written in coordination with his wife and the businessmen in question. Other aspects of the indictment focus in on Menendez’s involvement with IS EG Halal, a business that prosecutors say was used to funnel bribery payments and one of the businessman’s alleged payments for a Mercedes Benz used by Nadine Menendez.
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flood-of-democrat-senators-call-on-bob-menendez-to-resign-over-corruption-allegations">Flood Of Democrat Senators Call On Bob Menendez To Resign Over Corruption Allegations</a>

Senator Menendez Charged With Acting As A ‘Foreign Agent’

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bob-menendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bob Menendez&#8217;s</a> (D-NJ) then-soon-to-be wife, Nadine Arslanian, reportedly hit and killed a man with her car in 2018 while driving in New Jersey — an event that would later lead to her acquisition of a 2019 Mercedes-Benz that prosecutors allege in a federal indictment was part of a bribery scheme.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/nyregion/nadine-menendez-mercedes-death.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the incident, which happened on a cold night in December 2018 while Nadine Menendez was driving through a poorly lit area, resulted in the near instant death of 49-year-old Richard Koop — who had just returned home by Uber after spending the evening out drinking at bars.
The revelation that a car accident led to Nadine Menendez seeking out a new vehicle was contained in the indictment as she allegedly reached out to one of the businessmen who was indicted about her need for a new car.
Senator Menendez came to an agreement with the businessmen, agreeing to &#8220;intervene with [a federal prosecutor] to influence the prosecution of the New Jersey Defendant in exchange for a car,&#8221; the indictment said.
The report said that there have been suspicions about whether Nadine Menendez was treated favorably by law enforcement, noting that by the time a special unit arrived on scene, local police already determined “that no criminality was suspected to be involved,” according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s office.
However, there was no indication that any of the police officers knew that Nadine Menendez was with the senator, based on footage reviewed by the Times.
Nadine Menendez claimed that Koop was &#8220;in the middle of the street&#8221; and &#8220;he jumped on my windshield.&#8221; She was never drug tested and local officials later said that she was not at fault.
The indictment against Menendez and his wife was unsealed last month and accused the senator and his wife of accepting bribes from the three businessmen in exchange for actions that he took as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to the DOJ, the bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt. Menendez faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted of the charges, which include conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
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“Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,” the indictment said. Federal authorities reportedly found gold bars and nearly $500,000 in cash stuffed throughout the senator’s home that they traced back to the businessmen Menendez allegedly worked with.

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