Who knew the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee preferred getting paid in gold bullion rather than fiat currency?
FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, leave federal court on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York. Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen Bob Menendez of New Jersey and …Who knew the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee preferred gold bullion to fiat currency? If the allegations outlined on Thursday in a revised federal indictment of Sen.
In DOJ’s telling, Mrs. Menendez played the role of intermediary, communicating with a businessman who conveyed orders he received from the Egyptian government officials seeking favors from Washington. Mr. Hana supposedly compensated Mrs. Menendez by hiring her for a no-show job, making payments to a consulting company set up by Mrs. Menendez. She reportedly texted a relative: “every time I’m in a middle person for a deal I am asking to get paid and this is my consulting company.”
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