A “confidential” informant passed recordings of conversations and shared details with federal investigators investigating Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D.N.J.) bribery case, according to a recent court filing. .
Federal prosecutors filed a 196-page brief Monday night opposing a series of pretrial motions filed by Menendez and other defendants seeking to dismiss the case and sever the defendants’ cases from each other. Mr. Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were indicted on federal bribery charges last year and later accused of acting as foreign agents, along with his wife, New Jersey businessman Wael “Will” Hana. has been done.
Federal prosecutors now say they have access to the informant’s recordings, which could reveal what evidence prosecutors will use against Menendez and other defendants. Prosecutors argued in their brief that there was “no basis to separate Menendez from the other defendants.”
The complaint also pushes back against claims by Menendez’s lawyers that he is “an alleged victim of Hana.” Prosecutors pointed to recordings that undermined their case, according to court documents.
“For example, recordings by confidential sources discussing bribery schemes reflect that there was no honor among the thieves,” the court filing says.
In another part of their brief, prosecutors cited “information from confidential sources,” including “recordings made by the sources, reports of debriefing meetings with the sources, and draft translations of the recordings.” The source of the information was not named in the court filing.
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Menendez was charged last month in a second superseding indictment for accepting gifts from the Qatari government. He said he had received “absolutely nothing” from Qatar and had pleaded not guilty to all charges he faced.
The Hill has reached out to Menendez, Nadine Menendez and Hana’s attorney.
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