SunSentinel Article RatingNJ Sen. Menendez, wife indicted on bribe charges as probe finds $100,000 in gold bars, prosecutors say
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| "He also used his influence to pressure the president to nominate a U.S. attorney for New Jersey who would protect Daibes, a longtime friend and prominent New Jersey developer who faced criminal prosecution, they said." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "In April 2020, shortly after meeting with an Egyptian official, authorities allege, Menendez also lobbied then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to increase American engagement in stalled negotiations involving Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to build a dam over the Nile River, a key foreign policy issue for Egypt." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The son of Cuban immigrants, Menendez has held public office continuously since 1986, when he was elected mayor of Union City, New Jersey." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "The switch happened the same year that Menendez became engaged to Nadine Arslanian, an acquaintance of the new halal certification company's owner, Hana, of Edgewater, New Jersey." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "The following year, her assets included gold bars valued between $100,000 to $250,000, according to a Senate disclosure form amended by Menendez in March of 2022." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Menendez faces reelection next year in a bid to extend his three-decade career in Washington as Democrats hold a narrow majority in the Senate." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "After news reports last May that federal prosecutors were examining whether Menendez or his wife had received unreported gifts from the business, Hana's spokesperson denied that any U.S. official had assisted the company." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "The new charges follow a yearslong investigation that examined, among other things, the dealings of a New Jersey businessman -- a friend of Menendez's wife -- who secured sole authorization from the Egyptian government to certify that meat imported into that country meets Islamic dietary requirements." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "After Menendez called a government official about Daibes' case, according to the indictment, his wife was given a Mercedes-Benz convertible by Uribe and Hana, both friends of the senator and his wife." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Messages were left for Menendez's Senate spokesperson and his political consultant." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Menendez had to step down from his position as the top Democrat on the panel when he was indicted in 2015." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "When she and Menendez got engaged it began a period of financial turnaround for Arslanian, a former marketer for a medical company." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "U.S. investigators also issued at least one subpoena last spring seeking correspondence from Menendez, his wife, or an Edgewater developer, Daibes, whose company owns the building where IS EG Halal has offices." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But months later, New Jersey voters returned Menendez to the Senate." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Menendez has always maintained his iocence." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife were indicted Friday on charges that they took bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car for a range of corrupt acts, including having the Democrat use his influence over foreign affairs to benefit the authoritarian government of Egypt." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Investigators also asked questions about the Menendez family's interactions with a New Jersey developer." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Now that he is indicted, Menendez will have to step down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The indictment alleges that Menendez provided sensitive U.S. government information and took other steps to secretly help Egypt, including ghost-writing a letter on behalf of Egypt pushing other senators to lift a hold on $300 million in aid to the country." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Menendez first publicly disclosed that he was the subject of a new federal investigation last October." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The first time Menendez was indicted, he had been accused of using his political influence to help a Florida eye doctor who had lavished him with gifts and campaign contributions." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "The Senate Ethics Committee later rebuked Menendez, finding that he had improperly accepted gifts, failed to disclose them and then used his influence to advance Melgen's personal interests." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "In 2006, Gov. Jon Corzine appointed Menendez to the Senate seat he vacated when he became governor." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "In 2006, Gov. Jon Corzine appointed Menendez to the Senate seat he vacated when he became governor." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The latest indictment is unrelated to the earlier charges that alleged Menendez accepted lavish gifts to pressure government officials on behalf of a Florida doctor." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Prosecutors allege Menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from three business associates, Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Menendez's political career had looked as though it might be over in 2015, when a federal grand jury in New Jersey indicted him on multiple charges over favors he did for a friend, Dr. Salomon Melgen.Menendez was accused of pressuring government officials to resolve a Medicare billing dispute in Melgen's favor, securing visas for the doctor's girlfriends and helping protect a contract the doctor had to provide port-screening equipment to the Dominican Republic." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Menendez's political career had looked as though it might be over in 2015, when a federal grand jury in New Jersey indicted him on multiple charges over favors he did for a friend, Dr. Salomon Melgen.Menendez was accused of pressuring government officials to resolve a Medicare billing dispute in Melgen's favor, securing visas for the doctor's girlfriends and helping protect a contract the doctor had to provide port-screening equipment to the Dominican Republic." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "A lawyer for Menendez's wife didn't immediately respond to a message seeking comment." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "In April 2020, shortly after meeting with an Egyptian official, authorities allege, Menendez also lobbied then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to increase American engagement in stalled negotiations involving Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to build a dam over the Nile River, a key foreign policy issue for Egypt." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "In April 2020, shortly after meeting with an Egyptian official, authorities allege, Menendez also lobbied then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to increase American engagement in stalled negotiations involving Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to build a dam over the Nile River, a key foreign policy issue for Egypt." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "The Senate Historical Office says Menendez appears to be the first sitting senator in U.S. history to have been indicted on two unrelated criminal allegations." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Melgen was convicted of health care fraud in 2017, but President Donald Trump commuted his prison sentence." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
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42% : He also used his influence to pressure the president to nominate a U.S. attorney for New Jersey who would protect Daibes, a longtime friend and prominent New Jersey developer who faced criminal prosecution, they said.38% : In April 2020, shortly after meeting with an Egyptian official, authorities allege, Menendez also lobbied then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to increase American engagement in stalled negotiations involving Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to build a dam over the Nile River, a key foreign policy issue for Egypt.
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