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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/wednesday-the-senator-menendez-indi
 ctment-foreign-interference-military-aid-to-egypt-and-the-future-of-us-egy
 pt-relations/
SUMMARY:Wednesday | The Senator Menendez Indictment: Foreign Interference\,
  Military Aid to Egypt\, and the Future of US-Egypt Relations
DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn September 22\, 2023\, Democratic New Jersey Senator Robe
 rt Menendez was indicted on three counts of conspiracy for allegedly usin
 g his position to benefit the government of Egypt in exchange for hundreds
  of thousands of dollars’ worth of bribes that he and his wife Nadine Me
 nendez accepted between 2018 and 2022 from New Jersey businessmen Wael Han
 a\, Jose Uribe\, and Fred Daibes\, including gold bars\, cash\, and a luxu
 ry convertible. Federal prosecutors accuse Menendez of conspiracy to commi
 t bribery\, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud\, and conspiracy to
  commit extortion under color of official right\, allegedly part of effort
 s to increase and release holds on US military aid to Egypt\, provide Egyp
 tian officials with sensitive information about US embassy employees in Ca
 iro\, manufacture Senate support for the release of $300 million in aid to
  Egypt\, and do favors for the three New Jersey businessmen\, including Ha
 na\, an Egyptian American who ran a lucrative monopoly business certifying
  halal meat exports to Egypt. In response to calls from fellow Democrat
 s for him to resign\, Senator Menendez has relinquished his position as ch
 air of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee\, but continues to hold publ
 ic office and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.\n\nArab Center Washin
 gton DC (ACW) and the Center for Security\, Race\, and Rights (CSRR) at Ru
 tgers University Law School are convening a panel of experts to discuss th
 e details of the indictment of Senator Robert Menendez and its implication
 s for US foreign policy\, in addition to larger corruption issues in the U
 S foreign policy apparatus\, the role of money in US politics and foreign 
 interference\, US military aid to Egypt\, human rights conditions in Egypt
 \, and the future of US-Egypt relations.
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