After
Bob Menendez
Got 11 Years
Sentence
Nadine Asks To
Remain Free US
Opposes With
Redactions
by
Matthew Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 20 – 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, now
facing trial alone. 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, 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.
On Nadine
Menendez, on March 31 there
was ex USDA official Ted
McKinney (thread)
then an FBI Agent with Gurbir
Grewal and then Jose Uribe on
deck.
Jump cut to
February 10, 2026: after
Nadine Menendez was convicted
and sentenced, her lawyer
wrote in asking for more
travel, filing on Patreon here
On April 14, 2026
Nadine Menendez asked to put
off any prison time or
forfeiture pending appeals,
arguing "- 17 page filing on
Patreon here
On April 20 the
US Attorney's Office opposed,
with a filing summarizing
Damien Williams' discussions
with Gurbir Grewal ("the USAO
SDNY did not view Grewal as a
target... Grewal’s name was
not included in any of the
warrants being executed that
day" -- then a 98% redacted
document, both on Patreon here
Thread extra on
X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
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