Posted on 12/05/2023 9:20:14 AM PST by bitt
In a compelling development stemming from an FBI raid conducted last year, a portion of the gold bars found in the residence of embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) have been identified as those stolen in a high-profile 2013 robbery.
In September, Sen. Bob Menendez, the senior U.S. Senator from New Jersey and the former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were indicted on bribery and corruption charges.
In October, Bob Menendez was charged with acting as a foreign agent in a superseding indictment.
Bob Menendez and his wife are under investigation for their involvement in a bribery scheme from 2018 to 2022. The couple, who began dating in February 2018 and married in October 2020, are alleged to have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
The bribes came from Wael Hana, an Egyptian native with connections to Egyptian officials, Fred Daibes, a New Jersey real estate developer and long-time donor to Senator Menendez, and Jose Uribe, involved in the New Jersey insurance and trucking business.
The range of bribes included gold, cash, a luxury convertible, and significant payments towards Nadine Menendez’s home mortgage.
In June 2022, a significant development occurred when the FBI executed a raid at the Menendez residence in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey,. This operation uncovered many elements of the bribery scheme.
According to the DOJ, over $480,000 in cash, much of it concealed in envelopes and hidden in various parts of the house, including clothing and closets, was discovered. A safe in the house contained additional cash and valuables. Over $70,000 in cash was found in Nadine Menendez’s safe deposit box during a separate search.
Some of the envelopes recovered bore the fingerprints and/or DNA of Fred Daibes or his driver, further linking them to the scheme. Other envelopes with Senator Menendez’s name were found in jackets hanging in his closet.
One of the most significant discoveries was over one hundred thousand dollars’ worth of gold bars located within the home. According to reports, 13 gold bars were found.
According to a report by NBC News, the serial numbers on the gold bars correspond with those reported stolen from Fred Daibes during an armed robbery in Edgewater, New Jersey, nearly a decade ago.
For instance, one particular gold bar, produced by Swiss Bank Corporation and carrying the serial number 590005, was identified among the items seized from Menendez’s home during this year’s FBI raid.
This same gold bar had been listed as stolen and later returned to Daibes in 2013. The evidence logs from the earlier incident, bearing Daibes’ signature and initials, meticulously cataloged each gold bar, including their individual serial numbers, thereby linking them to the current investigation.
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This is far, far worse than anything George Santos did. Why isn’t our worthless GOP Senate leadership moving to throw this bum out??
There are a bunch of slimy Dems, and Menendez is right up there with them.
IDK >> shrugs shoulders.
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“This is far, far worse than anything George Santos did. Why isn’t our worthless GOP Senate leadership moving to throw this bum out??”
Pointless, given the GOP is the minority party in the Senate. They can introduce the measure, but it would be DOA in the Dem-controlled Senate and would never come up for a vote.
Another fine example of the two tier Just-us system.
He obviously isn’t part of the Washington elite, they gave up cash and gold because it is too bulky for the amount of money they recieve for bribes. This guy is still in the eighties.
Tell Menendez that all charges will be dropped if he can swim across the Potomac (at it’s widest point) with all of the gold bars in a bag that is handcuffed to his ankle.
Senator Bobby can now be charged as an accessory after the fact. Not to mention receiving stolen goods.
Ain’t nothing that Joe Biden wasn’t doing too.
Since everyone knows that democrats never indulge in political corruption, there’s only one way he could have come up with those bars...
He was the person who did the robbery.
(lock him up)
So did dalbes submit a fraudulent theft report to his insurance co, file a false police report. Or is Melendez now guilty of possession of stolen property?
It is obvious he never thought he, as a protected democrat, would ever be investigated, let alone raided. Any good scammer would have known to bury that stash somewhere off site or laundered it through democrat party assets. Menendez pissed off the wrong democrat and didn’t pay up to “The Big Guy.”
Because the Dems control the senate. Chucky Schumer isn’t going to do anything.
BTTT
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