Once Bob Menendez, a powerful New Jersey Senator, pleaded with a manhattan judge on Wednesday, crying, cash, Mercedes -Benz convertible, and other labeled bes. I was sentenced to 11 years.
“Your honor, you have a man who has been disciplined in front of you,” said Menendez, 71 years old.
“I dedicated a lifetime to other people's service,” he said and tapped his tears lightly. “I'm far from the perfect man, but I believe in my half -century public service.
The Waterwork exhibited before the Manhattan Federal Court Judge Sydney Stein was sent to the Democratic Party member of the third term. He was disgraced in August after JU was guilty of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for business managers and abundant ones. Foreign government.
“I'm sorry to say that he's a rotten politician somewhere on the way,” Stein told the disgraceful Pol.
Formerly responsible for the Senate Diplomatic Committee, who was assigned to approve a large amount of fatal military assistance, was favored by Egypt and Qatar, but his wife and his wife Nadine are cash, gold bars. I checked a luxurious car. The work of the no -show, the payment to the fake “consulting” company, and evidence of the trial has been revealed.
“What can I do with my love for you?” Menendez's wife, Nadine, sucks the Egyptian official, her international problem, Morton's Steakhouse in May 2019. Red wine was washed away at the meeting.
In June 2022, the agent attacking Menendez's messed up Engrowwood Cliffs House found 13 gold bars equivalent to $ 150,000 in the safe in the bedroom. A total of $ 500,000, including a total of $ 14,500 invoices in Timberland Work boots, and an invoice loaded with cash packed in his official Saigenus jacket pockets. It has spread.
Menendez did not testify in 9 weeks of trial. However, his sister tried to neglect cash roofs as a harmless habits due to distrust of the bank for Cuba's heritage.
“That's Cuba,” Calidad Gonzales testified.
The prosecutor asked the judge to declare Menendez in at least 15 years of prison. They pointed out that this was the first time that the U.S. Senator or public servant was guilty of serving as an illegal “foreign agent” during his employment.
“Menendez, who pledged to represent the United States and New Jersey, has instead sold his high office in exchange for the storage of this BES,” he wrote.
The lawyer urged the judge to have Menendez “mercy” and urged him to be sentenced to less than two years.
The convicted lawyer has already argued in court documents, “giving him a nationwide punch line and depriving him of all possible personal, occupational, and economic interests.”
The prosecutor of the trial decides the tremendous actions that Menedes took between foreign countries between 2018 and 2022, and his suspect was 40 (40) and 66 years old. Including his suspect, including Fred Daves. His wife.
Dibes was sentenced to seven years on Wednesday, was fined $ 1.75 million, Hana was sentenced to eight years, and a 1.25 million dollar was fined.
In the benefits that Menedes has been paying for, ghosting in the United States is a letter to the United States to freeze $ 300 million military assistance in Egypt, which had been withstand human rights. Ju asked, JU.
Menendez also rely on the Agricultural Bureau to protect the favorable monopoly on the approval of the export of Halal meat in Egyptian businessman Hana.
In addition, Menendez tried to interfere with the prosecution on behalf of the insurance broker Jose Uribe (57). I heard it.
“Congratulations, we are the proud owners of Mercedes in 2019,” said Nadine Menendez, the first payment to a new car using a French phrase for “love in my life.” After receiving, I sent a text message to my husband.
At that time, the Senator later boasted during dinner in Segovia, a luxury North Jersey Spanish restaurant.
Menendez also testified that he tried to participate in the Federal Bank fraud against his best friend's Dave, including understanding the U.S. lawyer in Philip Sellers in New Jersey.
At that time, Serers was a candidate for a powerful Judice's post. Ju said that the potential blessing from Menendez, a member of the New Jersey, may help him to end up his candidacy.
Twelve New Yorker JU was guilty of all 16 charges he faced, such as bribery, terrifying TOR, illegal foreign agent, and hindering justice.
Nadine was also charged by the federal government, but after her case was delayed due to breast cancer, her exam was currently set in March.
URIBE, which is scheduled to testify in the NADINE trial, is sentenced to penalty after the case has been resolved.
The Manhattan trial was the second trial by Menendes on charges of federal corruption.
In the previous case, New Jersey prosecutors have accused him of accepting luxurious BES, such as all exclusive salaries and personal flights in exchange for Palm Beach's favorable favors. However, the incident ended in 2017 with fraudulent acts.
Menendez vowed to maintain his innocence and appeal to his beliefs.
In the trial, Menendez lawyers argued that they were just working by helping members and engaging in diplomacy.
They also took a brave step to blame his wife the gold rod found in their house.
The lawyer claimed that the Lebannan and Albanian “beautiful and tall” Nadine argued that he had “kept him in the dark.” They claimed that receiving the “gift” of the Gold Bar is a typical Lebanon habit.
“It's cultural,” Avi Witsman said. “I like giving money and other precious metals as gifts.”
However, the federal government has provided evidence that Senator is a person who calls their relationships.
Insurance broker Uribe reminded me of the evening meeting with Menendez. The Senator rang a small bell to invite his wife to the patio.
The federal government reminded JU's referee to JU. JU felt that Menendez was convicted after about 12 hours of deliberations spread over three days.
“He's not a doll that pulled the string to someone summoned at the bell,” said Paul Monteoni, a prosecutor.
