In
Menendez Trial
Exhibits About
Anton Excluded
So Shorter
Defense Case
Ends Friday
by
Matthew Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 2 – 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 April 11, 2024
after Nadine Menendez and then
the government asked for
delay, to July or undefined,
Judge Stein severed her case
and reaffirmed May 6, Inner
City Press thread
On Sunday night
April 14 the US wrote in again
asking for a delay to July,
six page letter on Patreon here.
But Judge Stein
told the parties to confer and
report by April 16 at 1 pm.
Then he set an April 17
conference, which Inner City
Press live tweeted and dubbed
"Berate-gate," thread
On May 13, jury
selection began - but did not
finish. Abit later, Menendez
got into an car with FOP NJ
plates.
On May 14 jury
selection continued but was
not yet completed, from the
ending, thread
Late on May 14,
the US Attorney's Office filed
opposition to slides the
defense wants to use in its
opening arguments, including
quotes from Colin Powell and
MLK, and when Nadine came into
possession of gold - full
letter on Patreon here
Inner City Press
live tweeted jury selection
and then opening arguments here,
then filmed Bob's exit (he
said he thought it went well
and that his guy did great).
On May 21, the US
Attorney's Office put on Wael
Hana's lawyer, then a US State
Department official working on
Congressional approval (or
holds) on arms transfer to
Egypt, thread here.
On May 23, with
the trial in haitus, docketed
was Menendez' lawyers
opposition to quashing his
subpoena for Jose Uribe's
attorney proffer and
communications with SDNY
prosecutors, filing on Patreon
here
On May 29, Inner
City Press live tweeted,
omitting Morton's steakhouse
but including this
On May 30,
Menendez's lawyer's (long)
cross, including this.
On May 31,
starting 1 pm, the agent was
cross examined, and then USDA
Ted McKinney on direct, thread
After the
trial day, Inner City Press
filed Menendez' walk to his
Jersey-plated car; asked why
he called McKinney he said,
Wait for the cross
[examination].
Nadine Menendez
hired a new lawyer, who
previously represented Sydney
Powell among others. Then
this: "ORDER as to Nadine
Menendez: At the request of
the defendant and with the
consent of the government
[Doc. No. 434], the status
conference is adjourned from
June 10 to June 12 at 5 :00
p.m.(Signed by Judge Sidney H.
Stein on 6/3/2024)."
On June 4 Judge
Stein dockted a partially
redacted Order in which he
denied Menendez's request that
the prosecutors give him
impeachment material about a
Confidential Human Source they
are not going to call as a
witness - but Menendez said he
will.
On June 5, Inner
City Press live tweeted - and
afterward asked Menendez a
question. Thread.
On June 6, after
more cross of Agent Graves,
Gurbir Grewal testified, thread
On June 7, after
an FBI fingerprint expert,
cooperator Jose Uribe, Inner
City Press live tweeted, thread
On June 10, Uribe
finished his direct
examination around 4 pm, then
counsel for Hana, not yet
Menendez, began cross
examination, thread.
On June 11, Uribe
was cross examined - though
not on the "strip club issue"
after which out on Worth
Street Menendez decried
Uribe's crimes. Thread
On June 12, after
the end of Uribe (including
drunk driving and the "little
bell"), US Attorney of NJ
Sellinger took the stand, thread.
On June 13, trial
day - and next day - was
canceled by Daibes calling in
with COVID: thread.
And then, book:
GOLD BAR BAR Menendez Trial I,
on Amazon here.
On June 18, after
Daibes' COVID, things resumed
with Sellinger, followed by
Matt Soliman.
On June 20,
alongside an FBI agent summary
witness, a prosecution office
witness out of order, thread.
On June 24,
Menendez's staffer Sarah Arkin
took the stand, from the thread
On June 25, Sarah
Arkin finished up, including
about upcoming job at State
Department. Then, a currency
(and money laundering) expert
from the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York. From the thread
On June 26, there
testimony about currency, and
then a jocular Armenian
jeweler, from the thread
On June 27, the
Senate Ethics Committee
director, then a cell site
expert, from the thread
On June 28, the
last US witness, on Menendez's
M&T account, and gold in
Nadine's Chase Bank safety
deposit box, thread
On July 1 the
defense case began, his and
Nadine's sisters amid a flurry
of motions, thread
On July 2, at 5
instead of 4 pm, rapid rulings
on exhibits to set up
Menendez's defense resting on
Friday, thread:
All rise! Judge
Stein: I am allowing in
portions of the deposition,
you can play it for the jury
tomorrow. How much time?
Defense: We are trying to
streamline, to get it to the
jurors more quickly. If
Government doesn't cross about
the chart, it's 10
minutes
Menendez's lawyer
Weitzman: The government put
into evidence 700 documents at
the end of their case, we
didn't cross on those. So let
our chart go in. AUSA: Their
charts are argumentative in
ways that ours were not.
Defense: What is we do 15
minutes and they, 15
Judge: Talk
to each others. It's not a
game. It's serious.. I thought
the defense put in too much
about Anton, it was highly
prejudicial. It might not have
been hospitalization but it
was prejudicial. OK, 488 -
Anton and Menendez...
AUSA: We ask that these Hana
exhibits be excluded. Judge:
This does not bode well for
this conference. AUSA: We want
to delete this
Judge: That "He
is a violent man" - yes, I
rule it's overly dramatic and
cumulative, I'm striking
it. Judge: The one about
the Enterprise car plate, I'm
striking it. In 488. Mr. Fee,
are you with me? Yes? Hearsay,
no exceptions, it's out. 345-3
and the exhibit underlying it,
we're going to keep in "Anton
is not stopping the
spoofing."
Judge: That Leahy
was meeting [ ] afterward is
not relevant. It's out.
"Ethiopia Blasts Trump
Remark," it's hearsay, it's
out. As to Uribe and his 14
texts using the word "culo,"
it's out, doesn't prove is
Menendez used the word
"culito"
Judge: Nadine's
food poisoning? I'll let it in
- existing physical condition,
yes. 246? Check to
architectural firm? It's
hearsay, it's out. And that's
it. Let's talk timing Hana's
counsel: Why don't we start
tomorrow at 11? Judge: It's
too late to tell the
jurors
Judge: Mr. De
Castro, Fred Daibes is not
putting on a case? He is not.
Judge: So Menendez will rest
tomorrow, then Daibes no says.
If we can finish Hana's case
tomorrow, great Judge:
OK - the trial will resume
tomorrow 10:30. We're done.
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is US v.
Menendez, et al., 23-cr-490
(Stein)
More
on Substack here
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