Sen
Menendez
Redacted on
Bribes
Unsealing
Ordered After
Inner City
Press Filed
by
Matthew Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 1 – 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
Late on January
10, docketed on January 11,
Inner City Press filed to
unseal Menendez' redactions -
and documents "in the vault."
On January 17,
after the NYT also requested
(and cited Inner City Press),
Judge Stein ordered the
parties - including DOJ - to
respond by January 22.
On February 1,
Judge Stein granted some
unsealing - including of some
of the material in the vault
which Inner City Press
requested. Order here.
More
on Substack here
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