Африканская коррупция в Сенате США
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Federal prosecutors on Friday released
damning visual evidence to back up their allegations that Sen. Bob
Menendez (D-N.J.) and his wife took bribes from a trio of New
Jersey businesspeople.
When federal agents searched the Menendezes’ home and safety
deposit box last summer, they found gold bars worth over $100,000
and more than $480,000 in cash — much of it stuffed into envelopes
and hidden in clothing, closets and a safe, according to
prosecutors.
Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District
of New York, displayed photos of the gold bars and some of that
cash during a press event Friday morning — pictures that are likely
to haunt the senator’s political fortunes.
A lawyer for Menendez, 69, didn’t immediately respond to a
request for comment, but the senator said “forces behind the
scenes” have tried to silence him and “dig my political
grave.”
While defendants sometimes claim they were unaware of items found
in their homes or cars, the indictment suggests that would be a
tough sell for the senator. Cash-filled “envelopes were found
inside jackets bearing Menendez’s name and hanging in his closet,”
prosecutors say. Some of the envelopes contained DNA or
fingerprints from one of the men alleged to have bribed Menendez or
his driver, the indictment alleges.
At another point, just after the senator returned from a trip
to Egypt in fall 2021, Menendez did a web search for “how much is
one kilo of gold worth,” according to the indictment. Prosecutors
allege that the senator used his power and influence to protect and
enrich the businesspeople and benefit the government of
Egypt.
Отсюда
Но самый цимес, на чем он погорел:
Much of the largesse the New Jersey businesspeople allegedly showed
to Menendez flowed through the woman the senator married in 2020,
Nadine Menendez (nee Arslanian).
Женился на бабе, которая свела его с кем надо, а фамилия у бабы -
Арсланян.
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