As Bob
Menendez
Floats
Alternatives
to Prison He
Asks for Bail
Pending Appeal
by
Matthew Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 28 – Amid reports of
investigation against Sen.
Robert Menendez for taking
gold bars, Inner City Press'
sources on September 21 it to
expect on Friday, September 22
an appearance in Federal court
in Manhattan by Menendez and
his wife Nadine Arslanian. This
scoop
was true.
Later a
superseder was unveiled,
including charges of bribes to
act for Qatar.
On January 10
Menendez filed a motion to
dismiss, arguing "the
government shockingly fails to
disclose the exculpatory fact
that [REDACTED]." Full filing
on Patreon here
On February 1,
Judge Stein granted some
unsealing - including of some
of the material in the vault
which Inner City Press
requested. Order here.
Jump cut:
Menendez et al were convicted;
Inner City Press published a
book, here.
Near
midnight on January 2
Menendez' lawyers wrote in
claim is his guideline is 21
to 27 months and that Judge
Stein "should consider
alternatives to
incarceration."
On January 9, the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
asking on Bob Menendez for 15
years, 10 on Daibes and nine
on Hana.
On the eve of
sentencing, Bob Menendez'
lawyer wrote in asking for
bail pending appeal: "should this Court
sentence Senator Menendez to a
custodial sentence, it should
grant him continued release
while the Second Circuit
considers his appeal, subject
to the same conditions that
have been in place since
September 2023." Full 29 page
memo on Patreon here.
More
on Substack here
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