Jose Uribe, the businessman who has said he bribed Senator Robert Menendez in return for his help in quashing a criminal investigation involving two people close to him, testified on Monday that he had asked the senator directly for his help and that Mr. Menendez had said he would “look into it.”Mr. Uribe said that on Sept. 5, 2019, the night before Mr. Menendez met with New Jersey’s attorney general to discuss the matter, he was invited to the senator’s girlfriend’s home in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., where he and Mr. Menendez sat on a backyard patio, with the senator smoking a cigar.
Mr. Menendez rang a little bell that he had on the table, calling out “mon amour” — French for “my love” — and summoning Nadine Menendez, the woman he married the next year.
Mr. Uribe said she brought him a piece of paper and went back into the house.
At the senator’s request, Mr. Uribe wrote down the names of two friends and two companies he believed were under investigation.
Mr. Menendez then took the paper, folded it and placed it in his pants pocket.
Persons:
Jose Uribe, Robert Menendez, Menendez, Mr, Uribe, “, Nadine Menendez
Organizations:
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Locations:
quashing, Englewood Cliffs, N.J