According to sources familiar with the matter, two of the people were trying to become New Jersey's U.S. Attorney, and the third was the state's attorney general at the time.
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The senator allegedly contacted all three with the goal of trying to corruptly fix two criminal matters. One candidate Menendez put forward was Suarez. According to the indictment, Daibes believed Suarez “would likely be sympathetic to him.” Phil Sellinger ultimately got the U.S. Attorney post with Menendez’s support. But before that happened, while a candidate for the job, the senator allegedly brought up the Daibes case — and no other case — with Sellinger. Federal prosecutors said Sellinger told Menendez he would likely recuse himself from the Daibes bank fraud case. That’s when Menendez, according to the indictment, sought out Suarez as a possibility.
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