EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez has a go-to defense whenever he’s questioned about a federal investigation into his ties to a firm that secured a mysterious monopoly on the Egyptian meat supply. But, a new discovery raises some questions.
that IS EG Halal operates out of the Edgewater, New Jersey, offices of developer Fred Daibes and his longtime partner Gazmend Lita—both confessed criminals and Menendez donors influential with the state’s notoriously powerful political machines. A lawyer for Daibes, who had also represented Hana in federal court, admitted to The Daily Beast at the time that the property mogul had retained separate counsel to deal with the federal investigation into Menendez and IS EG Halal.
Neither lawyer for Daibes responded to repeated calls and emails about these agreements and the sums of money involved. But the deal appears to have been in the works for months, as the Qatari-backed firm formed the purchasing entity—a limited liability company called Heritage 115 Holdings, the number an apparent reference to the address of one of the parcels involved—in Delaware in May 2022.
Attorneys for Heritage maintained that Al Thani not only had no relationship with IS EG Halal, but also no idea that he had acquired a stake in its headquarters prior to outreach by The Daily Beast. They further asserted that he possesses "no oversight or control" of the complex whatsoever, insisting that Daibes alone was responsible for the facility.
“In addition to the appearance of impropriety, there is another important aspect of this transaction,” he told The Daily Beast. “This comes after a decade of bitter political battles over the role of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Qatar and Egypt may have reached a political understanding. But the [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-] Sisi regime still harbors deep resentment toward the Brotherhood and Doha is still its greatest champion.
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