Prosecutors allege that Senator Robert Menendez took bribes in exchange for approving arms sales and leaking sensitive information to Egyptian government
Prosecutors allege that Senator Robert Menendez took bribes in exchange for approving arms sales and leaking sensitive information to Egyptian government
$100k in gold bars didn’t seem like a lot to me, so I looked it up. One ounce of gold goes for about $2000, so he had about 50 ounces of gold (or a little over 3lbs). It’s still a lot, but it’s not like he had Fort Knox hidden under his bed.
Note: I am not defending him. I’m more commenting on the headline sensationalizing him having gold bars.
Nadine agreed with you, this was reported: Nadine later complained to Senator Menendez that Hana was not fulfilling his promises to make payments to her in exchange for the favours.
“Will (Wael Hana) left for Egypt yesterday supposedly and now thinks he’s king of the world and has both countries wrapped around his pinky. I really hope they replace him,” she wrote to Senator Menendez, who was her boyfriend at the time.
There are photos in the article looks like two bars of gold and fuck ton of cash
Photo must not have loaded for me cuz of crappy internet.
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