By Morgan Phillips, Politics Report for DailyMail.com
Democratic Senator Bob Menendez’s WIFE being eyed in federal probe for allegedly accepting gifts in exchange for favors from the politician
- Menendez, 68, married international businesswoman Nadine Arslanian, 54, in 2020 after the pair met at a New Jersey IHOP in 2016
- The U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York has now subpoenaed business associates of Arslanian
- Investigators in the probe have executed search warrants on the homes and businesses on the founder of IS EG Halal
- IS EG Halal is a company in the couple’s home city of Edgewater that is the only business in town allowed to certify halal meat that is shipped off to Egypt
- According to court documents, prosecutors were looking into possible undisclosed foreign lobbying in the U.S. and other potential violations
Investigators in the probe, which dates back to 2019 before the couple was even married, have executed search warrants on the homes and businesses on the founder of IS EG Halal, a company in the couple’s home city of Edgewater that is the only business in town allowed to certify halal meat that is shipped off to Egypt.
Wael Hana, the founder of IS EG Halal, is reportedly an associated of Arslanian.
According to court documents filed by Hana’s lawyer, prosecutors were looking into possible undisclosed foreign lobbying in the U.S. and other potential violations of federal law. The lawyer, Lawrence Lustberg, was seeking the return of government-seized property.
Lustberg told WSJ Hana has little details about the probe and has sought more information so he can address any concerns.
‘Once he has the opportunity to do so, and the truth comes out, he is confident that the government will recognize that he has done absolutely nothing wrong, including that IS EG was awarded its Halal certification contract with Egypt without any assistance whatsoever from any U.S. public official,’ Lustberg said.
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