Investigators want to know if the New Jersey Democrat offered to contact the Justice Department to try to help a man who was accused of banking crimes.
PrintFederal prosecutors are looking into whether an admitted felon helped arrange to give gold bars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars toor his wife in exchange for help, sources familiar with the matter tell News 4.
At the time of the gift handoff, Daibes was facing federal bank fraud charges that could have landed him up to a decade in federal prison. Menendez disclosed his family received the gold bars back in 2020 -- but he disclosed that asset only after the federal criminal investigation was underway. Sources tell News 4 there is no indication U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger or his office were ever contacted by the senator -- but the two men had been close, with Sellinger appointed to the position with the senator’s support, and Sellinger previously serving as a campaign fundraiser for Menendez.
“Of course the government would much rather have a cooperator take the stand raise their right hand and point at the defendant in the courtroom,” Cevallos said. As News 4 first reported, officials are also looking into whether Menendez or his now wife improperly took gifts, including use of a Mercedes and a luxury D.C. apartment from the owners of a New Jersey business. That business, IS EG Halal, won an exclusive contract with the Egyptian government to perform all Halal meat inspection for the county, even though the firm had no prior experience.
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