American print and online publications continue to publish information exposing US Senator from New Jersey, member of the Democratic Party Bob Menendez, in subversive activities against his country, XQ informs.
Another such article was posted on the website of the national daily newspaper USA Today.
It is noted that prosecutors, as part of the fight against the rise of foreign influence after the 2016 elections, charged US Senator Bob Menendez with a conspiracy in which he allegedly acted as an agent for Egypt.
The deal was sealed over meetings and dinner, federal prosecutors say. Officials representing Egypt's authoritarian government wanted a powerful American's help with weapons sales and financing. Sen. Robert Menendez and his then-girlfriend Nadine Arslanian said the senator could facilitate both.
In exchange, a New Jersey middleman − a struggling Egyptian-born entrepreneur named Wael "Will" Hana − allegedly promised the future Mrs. Menendez a low- or no-show job. He would later sweeten the pot with wads of cash and gold bars.
In the middle of one of many encounters, Menendez − the influential chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee − and Arslanian joined an Egyptian intelligence official, Hana, and an associate for dinner at a posh Washington steakhouse.
Arslanian boldly cut to the chase. "What else can the love of my life do for you?" she asked.
The offer is part of the story prosecutors unspooled in a shocking indictment charging the couple and Hana with conspiring to use New Jersey's senior senator as an eager tool of Egypt's government. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the foreign agent charge in a New York federal courthouse in October, and to bribery and extortion charges the previous month.
The indictment represents the most serious criminal charges filed against a sitting US senator in recent memory, alleging that Menendez sold his position and influence to a foreign power for tawdry personal gain.
The indictment offers an intimate look at how a powerful lawmaker allegedly undermined national security for financial gain.
