NEW YORK (AP) — A Senate staffer testified at a bribery trial that planning for Sen. Bob Menendez’s 2021 trip to Egypt and Qatar got “weird” after the
NEW YORK — A Senate staffer testified at a bribery trial that planning for Sen. Bob Menendez’s 2021 trip to Egypt and Qatar got “weird” after the Democrat directed that Egypt be included in the process, a Senate staffer testified Monday.
Then, prosecutors say, he aided a prominent New Jersey real estate developer by acting favorably to Qatar’s government so the businessman could score a lucrative deal with a Qatari investment fund. In her testimony, Arkin said Menendez had asked Senate staff to reach out to an individual at the Egyptian embassy who they didn’t know as they planned the weeklong trip to both countries, even though such excursions were usually planned through the State Department and U.S. authorities.
She testified that she told Menendez that the claim that she told anyone that he would not meet with Egypt’s president was “absolutely not true” and that she would never use stern language such as “under no circumstances” even if he declined to meet with someone. Questioned by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Richenthal, Arkin also mentioned that Menendez’s wife, Nadine Menendez, was “trying to be involved in the planning” and had “lots of opinions” about what she wanted to do during the trip.
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