Did Sen. Robert Menendez and Wife Get Car, DC Apartment, Other ‘Gifts' From NJ Business?

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EXCLUSIVE Investigators want to know if gifts – which would be valued in the tens of thousands of dollars – came from the owner or associates of an Edgewater business that won an exclusive contract to perform Halal certification with Egypt, sources say

Sources familiar with the matter say Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, along with FBI and IRS-Criminal Investigations agents are looking into whether the senator and his new wife Nadine Arslanian improperly took gifts from the owner or associates of IS EG Halal – and whether the senator took any action in return.

Senate rules state in part that gifts to a member or someone close to him are considered gifts if a senator"has reason to believe the gift was given because of the official position." One U.S.-based executive whose company contract was suddenly delisted said the industry across the board was “shocked, stunned, blindsided.”Paradis played no role in the current criminal investigation into the senator and his relationship with IS EG Halal. But Paradis points to past USDA reports on the controversy including one that stated IS EG Halal"has no preexisting relationship with the US beef industry or Islamic organizations.

The fund was set up to hep pay attorney fees in connection with a federal criminal investigation in connection with a Weehawken meat company that won an exclusive contract with the government of Egypt. NBC New York's Jonathan Dienst reports.A spokeswoman said the IS EG Halal firm won the contract"without any assistance from the senator or any other U.S. public official.

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