NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez launched a member of the Qatari royal household and principal in an organization with ties to the federal government of Qatar to a New Jersey businessman earlier than the corporate invested hundreds of thousands of {dollars} within the businessman’s actual property mission, a rewritten indictment alleged Tuesday.
The newest model of the indictment towards the Democrat in Manhattan federal courtroom didn’t establish the member of the Qatari royal household, nevertheless it stated the person was a principal of the Qatari Investment Co.
The indictment stated the Qatari investor then thought-about and negotiated a multimillion-dollar funding in the true property mission deliberate by Fred Daibes, certainly one of three businessmen charged within the indictment together with the senator and his spouse. All of them have pleaded not responsible.
No new fees have been added to the newest model of an indictment that already charged Menendez in a bribery conspiracy that allegedly enriched the senator and his spouse with money, gold bars and a luxurious automotive. The allegations involving Qatar occurred from 2021 by 2023, the indictment stated.
According to the indictment, Menendez accepted money and gold bars in change for in search of to induce the Qatari Investment Co. to speculate with Daibes, together with by taking actions favorable to the federal government of Qatar.
The indictment stated that whereas the Qatari Investment Co. was contemplating its funding in the true property improvement owned by Daibes, Menendez made a number of public statements supporting the federal government of Qatar after which offered them to Daibes so he might share them with the Qatari investor and a Qatari authorities official.
