In Sen
Menendez Trial
Jury Egypt
Expert Can
Talk Morsi but
not Pharaohs
Jury Almost
Ready
by
Matthew Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 14 – 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 April 19: "The
Court grants the parties'
request to adjourn the trial
to May 13, 2024."
On April 26, the
US reiterated that the
discovery should remain
Attorney's Possession Only,
letter on Patreon here.
On May 13, jury
selection began - but did not
finish. At day's end, as
tweeted by Inner City Press,
Judge Stein said, "Prospective
jurors, I'm going to ask you
to come back tomorrow morning
at 9:45 am, I have some
questions the whole group."
A bit 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:
Juror 42, I'm
single. I have two sons, one
is a bartender in Miami. My
other son is in maintenance.
Judge: Level of education? 42:
High school Judge: Ma'am,
we'll end with you. Juror 40:
I have a masters in library
science. NYT, WaPo, WNYC.
Social media, Instagram
Judge
Stein: Once I finish this
round [tomorrow] lawyers will
use their peremptories and we
should have a jury by the end
of the morning.
Judge Stein has
come back, after the
prospective jurors have left.
Judge Stein: If all goes well,
we'll have openings tomorrow.
So you are entitled to my
rulings. I am precluding
Doctor Rosenbaum. It just
doesn't stand up. The CPA? He
can testify under strictures
Judge Stein: He
can testify to Senator
Menendez' known inflows and
outflows. He's a CPA. The
other expert on Egypt, he can
speak about Sisi and the
Muslim Brotherhood. And Morsi.
But we're not going back to
the Pharaohs. And nothing
about the halal contract
Judge Stein: I'm
going to file an opinion
tomorrow denying Mr. Menendez'
request for subpoenas under
Rule 15. See you tomorrow.
The case is US v.
Menendez, et al., 23-cr-490
(Stein)
More
on Substack here
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