On Jan. 31, 2018, the day Senator Robert Menendez was formally cleared of bribery charges that had dogged him for nearly three years in New Jersey, he got a text from Nadine Arslanian, a woman he would soon begin to date and later marry.
“Now re-election!!!
!” Ms. Arslanian wrote.
“Yes!” Mr. Menendez replied before asking, “Are you around on Friday?”She was.
After a dinner date at a New Jersey restaurant, it was Ms. Arslanian’s turn to send a text with a question: “What is your international position?”Mr. Menendez, 70, responded that he was the “ranking member” on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — “which means senior Democrat.”
Persons:
Robert Menendez, Nadine Arslanian, “, Arslanian, Mr, Menendez, Arslanian’s, ”
Organizations:
Senate Foreign Relations
Locations:
New Jersey