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☆ Police dashcam footage from a fatal car crash involving Sen. Bob Menendez's wife appears to show a retired police chief speaking to cops on her behalf
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Bob Menendez's wife fatally struck a man with her car in December 2018. A retired police chief can be heard on police video asking other officers about the crash. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Several sources told NBC that investigators from the attorney general's office wanted to know who asked the retired police chief to come to the crash scene.

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☆ Sen. Bob Menendez's wife, Nadine Arslanian, racked up traffic violations – including using her phone while driving — before she struck and killed a pedestrian in 2018
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nadine Arslanian married Bob Menendez in 2020, two years after she struck and killed a pedestrian. Records show that she has a history of traffic infractions, including using a phone while driving. AdvertisementAdvertisementNadine Arslanian, the wife of embattled New Jersey senator Bob Menendez , has a history of traffic violations stretching beyond a fatal 2018 crash in which she struck and killed a pedestrian, municipal records show, including two citations for using her phone while driving. Arslanian seems to have been something of a fixture in New Jersey traffic courts, racking up six tickets between 2005 and 2018 for violations, including using a phone while driving, ignoring traffic signs, and failing to maintain her headlamps. AdvertisementAdvertisementArslanian received another ticket for using her phone while driving in 2021, three years after she killed Koop, municipal records show.

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☆ Sen. Bob Menendez on potential resignation: 'We will announce it when it comes time'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

US Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, arrive at the US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on September 27, 2023. WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey on Wednesday seemed to open the door to resigning over his bribery indictment after having previously flatly ruled out leaving the Senate for that reason. Asked by NBC News if he was planning to resign, Menendez replied that he "will announce it when it comes time." Menendez until Wednesday had said he would not resign despite most Senate Democrats calling on him to do so. He, his wife, and the trio of businessmen are set to go on trial beginning May 6.

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☆ Sen. Bob Menendez's wife Nadine Arslanian's fatal crash in Bogota, New Jersey, seen in newly-released video
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Sebastian Cahill | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Footage obtained by News 12 New Jersey shows the fatal crash involving Nadine Arslanian and a pedestrian. Arslanian, who is now married to Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, was not charged in the incident. AdvertisementAdvertisementNewly released footage shows the moment Sen. Bob Menendez's now-wife Nadine Arslanian fatally hit a pedestrian in her Mercedes-Benz on a New Jersey street in December 2018. JUST IN: News 12 New Jersey has obtained security video from a 2018 incident where Sen. Menendez's wife Nadine Arslanian struck and killed a pedestrian. The security footage shows a car barreling into a person who appears to be standing in the street.

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☆ Sen. Bob Menendez's current wife killed a man while driving in New Jersey in 2018, records show. Body camera footage shows her telling police she 'didn't do anything wrong.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nadine Arslanian hit a man who was jaywalking, NorthJersey.com reported, citing a police report. Now Arslanian Menendez, she was never charged in the case, the local paper reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementNadine Arslanian was involved in a fatal car accident in December 2018, NorthJersey.com reported on Wednesday. A police report said Arslanian struck and killed a man while driving her Mercedes-Benz on Main Street in Bogota, New Jersey, on December 12, 2018, the local paper reported. NorthJersey.com reported that she asked why Koop was in the road in the first place and then said that she "didn't do anything wrong."

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☆ COP28 president says oil companies support 2050 net-zero goal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Maha El Dahan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jaber, who is also head of United Arab Emirates oil giant ADNOC, has this year urged the energy industry to join the fight against climate change. He was a controversial pick to lead COP28, which begins next month, because his country is an OPEC member and a major oil exporter. "We need a system-wide holistic transformation of entire economies - economies that currently run on the equivalent of 250 million barrels of oil, gas, and coal every single day," Jaber said at an oil and gas conference in Abu Dhabi. The COP28 summit is scheduled to take place in Dubai between Nov. 30 and Dec. 12. Major oil and gas company chiefs held meetings with heavy industry bosses on Sunday in the UAE to discuss a decarbonization commitment ahead of COP28.

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☆ Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial set for May 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Christina Wilkie | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A federal judge on Monday scheduled the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife Nadine on bribery and corruption charges to begin May 6, 2024. Menendez, his wife, and the trio of businessmen will stand trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. The couple is charged with three counts each: Conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Menendez insists he is innocent, and has refused calls by more than half of the Democratic Senate caucus that he resign. The indictment alleges that Menendez for years used his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to benefit the three business associates.

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Among other things, prosecutors accused Menendez of ghostwriting a letter for Egyptian officials that sought to influence U.S. policy on military aid. The judge declined similar requests from Nadine Menendez and her co-defendants, Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes. More than half of Senate Democrats have said that Menendez should resign, including New Jersey Gov. Menendez has said he intends to stay in the Senate, saying he is certain he will ultimately be exonerated. Besides setting a trial date, Judge Sidney Stein gave prosecutors a December deadline to turn over certain evidence to the defense.

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☆ Turkey says to re-start operations of Iraq oil pipeline this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar talks during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, September 14, 2023. Turkish Energy Ministry Press Office/PPO/Handout via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsABU DHABI, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Turkey will restart operations this week on a crude oil pipeline from Iraq that has been suspended for about six months, Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Monday. "Within this week, we will start operating the Iraq-Turkey pipeline after resuming operations. Turkey has been a reliable transit route for oil and gas, he added. Turkey was weighing legal action against Iraq, which has an outstanding enforcement case against Turkey, Bayraktar said last month.

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WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's new chairman on Thursday said he would look at Turkey's $20 billion Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) F-16 fighter jet deal and that more issues than Sweden's ascension to NATO would affect the decision on lifting his predecessor's longstanding hold. Cardin said he had discussed Sweden's NATO accession with Turkish officials at a NATO ambassador's meeting on Wednesday. Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House foreign affairs panels review every major foreign arms sale. "Menendez being out of the picture is an advantage," Erdogan was quoted as telling reporters by Turkish media. The top Republican on the Senate panel, Senator Jim Risch, has put a hold on arms sales to Hungary over the issue.

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☆ Menendez to address Senate Democrats as most of them urge he resign after bribery charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine Menendez (not seen) depart a Manhattan court after they were arraigned on federal bribery charges in New York, September 27, 2023. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey plans to speak privately Thursday to fellow Senate Democrats as more than half of their 51-member caucus has called for his resignation over bribery allegations. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York has yet to ask Menendez to quit. But Schumer told reporters Wednesday, "We'll see what happens after" Menendez speaks to the caucus at a closed-door lunch on Capitol Hill. Menendez, 69, last week was charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and other charges with his wife, Nadine, and three New Jersey businessmen.

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☆ Embattled US Senator Bob Menendez to face Democrats who want him to resign
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) delivers remarks, after he and his wife Nadine Menendez were indicted on bribery offenses in connection with their corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in Union City, New Jersey, U.S., September 25, 2023. Senator Bob Menendez on Thursday is expected to address his Democratic colleagues, more than half of whom have called for him to resign, the day after he pleaded not guilty to federal charges of accepting bribes. 2 Senate Democrat Dick Durbin, the head of the Senate Democrats' campaign arm, Gary Peters, and Menendez's fellow senator from New Jersey, Cory Booker. Prosecutors have said Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, accepted gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for using their influence to interfere with law enforcement probes of three New Jersey businessmen and aid the Egyptian government. Menendez's Senate seat is in play in the 2024 elections.

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☆ Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding his political influence to secretly advance Egyptian interests and do favors for local businessmen. Menendez spoke in court only when each defendant stood to acknowledge that they understood the charges against them. A lawyer entered the not guilty plea for Menendez, who was forced to step down as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted. They say Menendez also tried to interfere in criminal investigations involving associates, in one case pushing to install in New Jersey a federal prosecutor who he believed he could influence to derail a case. Two of the businessmen, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes, also were arraigned and pleaded not guilty.

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☆ Protesters hold sign and shame Sen. Bob Menendez as he shows up in court on bribery charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey appeared in court Wednesday on criminal charges. Prosecutors allege he accepted cash and gold bricks from businessmen to help the Egyptian government. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Appearing defiant with a slight smile, the Democratic senator strode into the Manhattan federal courthouse alongside his wife, Nadine Menendez, who prosecutors allege also accepted the bribes. Menendez has denied the criminal charges, saying prosecutors "misrepresented the normal work of a Congressional office."

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The New Jersey Democrat will make his first appearance in a federal court in Manhattan amid growing calls from colleagues that he resign from Congress. It's the second corruption case in a decade against Menendez, whose last trial involving different allegations ended with jurors failing to reach a verdict in 2017. An attorney for Nadine Menendez has said she also denies the allegations and will fight the charges. Prosecutors say Hana promised to put Menendez's wife on his company's payroll in a low-or-no-show job in exchange for Menendez using his influential post to facilitate foreign military sales and financing to Egypt. In one case, he pushed to install a federal prosecutor in New Jersey whom Menendez believed he could influence to derail a criminal case against Daibes, prosecutors allege.

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Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey,delivers remarks, after he and his wife Nadine Menendez were indicted on bribery offenses in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in Union City, New Jersey, U.S., September 25, 2023. Senator Bob Menendez is set to appear in court on Wednesday to face charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessman, as calls for his resignation from his fellow Democrats escalated. Menendez, his wife Nadine Menendez, 56, and businessmen Jose Uribe, 56, and Fred Daibes, 66, are set to appear in Manhattan federal court around 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT). David Schertler, a lawyer for Nadine Menendez, said she intends to plead not guilty and "vigorously defend" against the allegations. Lawyers for Bob Menendez, Uribe and Daibes did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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☆ Sen. Bob Menendez to be arraigned as resignation calls grow louder
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Dareh Gregorian | Jonathan Dienst | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaks during a news conference at Hudson County Community College's North Hudson Campus in Union City, New Jersey, on September 25, 2023. Menendez, his wife, Nadine, and two co-defendants are scheduled to be arraigned in the morning. Since the indictment was unsealed Friday, Menendez has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and he is expected to plead not guilty. But he faces a deluge of calls to resign from his Democratic colleagues in the Senate and at the local level in New Jersey. The federal indictment is the second Menendez has faced since he became a senator in 2006.

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"I believe stepping down is best for those Senator Menendez has spent his life serving," Booker said in a statement. I urge Senator Menendez to resign," said Senator Gary Peters, the head of Senate Democrats' campaign arm, in a statement. Many Democratic elected officials in Menendez's state of New Jersey, including Governor Phil Murphy, have also called for Menendez to resign. Menendez's Senate seat will be among those decided in next year's election. The probe marks the third time Menendez has been under investigation by federal prosecutors.

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Some elected officials, including the Democratic governor of Menendez's state of New Jersey, have publicly urged him to step down. Sherrod Brown became the second Senate Democrat to call for Menendez to resign, saying in a statement: "Senator Menendez has broken the public trust and should resign from the U.S. Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, on Saturday urged Menendez to resign in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Senator Peter Welch also said he encouraged Menendez to resign because the allegations against him had "compromised his capacity" to be an "effective senator." Menendez, his wife Nadine Menendez and the businessmen are expected to appear in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday.

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☆ Senate Democrats Baldwin, Casey, Tester call for Menendez's resignation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Mike Segar/ File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senators Tammy Baldwin, Bob Casey and Jon Tester joined a growing number of Democrats on Tuesday in calling for Senator Bob Menendez to resign, after prosecutors charged him and his wife with taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen. Menendez, also a Democrat, said on Monday that he would stay in the Senate and fight the charges. Democratic Senators John Fetterman, Sherrod Brown and Peter Welch have also called for Menendez to resign, as well as several Democratic elected officials in Menendez's state of New Jersey, including Governor Phil Murphy. Menendez's legal troubles could complicate his party's efforts to maintain control of the Senate, though New Jersey has not elected a Republican to the seat since 1972. Following the announcement of the charges on Friday, Democratic U.S. Representative Andy Kim said on Saturday he would challenge Menendez for his seat.

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But “Senator Menendez has made these sacrifices in the past to serve. “I believe stepping down is best for those Senator Menendez has spent his life serving." In the days after the indictment, calls for his resignation began, starting with members of the New Jersey congressional delegation (sans Rep. Bob Menendez Jr., the senator's son) and expanding to include New Jersey Gov. Absent from the initial push for Menendez's departure was Senate Democratic leadership and Booker, who works with Menendez on a regular basis representing New Jersey. A dozen more U.S. senators added their calls for their New Jersey Democratic colleague to leave.

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☆ Mum's the bad word: Most big Menendez donors won't say if they will keep backing New Jersey senator
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Several top party donors have privately told Menendez's campaign that he should resign, according to a longtime past supporter who spoke with CNBC. The PAC so far has raised approximately $300,000 for Menendez's 2024 reelection campaign, according to its president, Dr. Ben Chouake. NorPAC has donated a combined $15,500 toward the Menendez campaign and separate leadership PAC since 2017, according to OpenSecrets data. Prudential Financial , the large insurer, has donated $35,000 through their PAC toward Menendez's political operation since 2017, according to OpenSecrets. A Prudential spokeswoman declined to comment when asked whether the company's PAC would continue to support Menendez following his indictment.

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He has again stepped down as chairman of the Foreign Affairs panel, as per Senate Democratic caucus rules, but has otherwise made clear that he’s not going anywhere. Political Cartoons View All 1182 ImagesThe calls for his resignation are in sharp contrast, though, to his first case. It also puts increased pressure on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic leaders who have so far stopped short of recommending that Menendez step down. Booker said it is a “mistake” for Menendez to say that stepping down would be unfair as the case has not been tried. Also calling for Menendez to step down on Monday were Democratic Sens.

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☆ Sen. Cory Booker, over dozen other Democratic senators call on Menendez to quit due to bribery indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker joined a fast-growing chorus of Democrats to call on Sen. Bob Menendez, his fellow lawmaker from New Jersey, to resign because of his indictment last week on federal bribery charges. "I believe stepping down is best for those Senator Menendez has spent his life serving," Booker said in a statement on his X account. Booker called the allegations of corruption against Menendez "shocking" and "disturbing." Before Monday, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the only Senate Democrat to call on Menendez to resign. At least five House Democratic members from New Jersey have called on Menendez to resign.

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Listen and follow The DailyApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicIn one of the most serious political corruption cases in recent history, federal prosecutors have accused a senior U.S. senator of trading the power of his position for cash, gifts and gold. Tracey Tully, who covers New Jersey for The Times, tells the story behind the charges against the senator, Robert Menendez, and his wife, Nadine, and describes the role played by Wael Hana, an Egyptian American businessman at the center of the allegations.

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