Menendez hoped that if I became US attorney, that I would look at (the Daibes case) carefully,” Sellinger said.
That testimony came up again Tuesday when Menendez attorney Avi Weitzman pressed Sellinger on the nature of that interaction.
This time, Sellinger told Solimon that he would not, after all, need to recuse himself from the Daibes case if he was nominated and confirmed.
“If you call Sellinger,” Solimon said he told Menendez after the meeting, “you’ll be comfortable with what he says.”With Suarez’s chances sunk, Menendez recommended Sellinger for the job he had wanted all along.
Solimon told Menendez he would contact Sellinger, he testified, but never did.
Persons:
Sen, Bob Menendez, Menendez, Philip Sellinger, Sellinger, Fred Daibes, “, “ Sen, ” Sellinger, Avi Weitzman, ”, Weitzman, Nadine, Wael Hana, Nadine Menendez, Jose Uribe, Michael Soliman, Soliman, Esther Suarez, Phil Murphy’s, Murphy, Al Alvarez, Suarez, Alvarez, General Gurbir Grewal, Grewal, Biden, Solimon, ” Solimon, “ I’m, ” Menendez, –
Organizations:
CNN, District of, Daibes, Democratic Gov, New, White, Justice Department, United, ” Prosecutors
Locations:
Jersey, District of New Jersey, New Jersey, Qatar, American, Hudson County, Solimon, United States