Investigators want to know if Menendez got gifts from the owners or associates of a New Jersey company that won a controversial contract with the Egyptian government.
"I am sure it is going to end up in absolutely nothing," Menendez said last week, denying any wrongdoing in connection with the ongoing federal corruption investigation.
In addition to the investigation into any possible quid-pro-quo scheme, sources familiar with the matter said IRS criminal investigators are looking into whether the alleged gifts were properly accounted for on tax filings by the senator and his wife. None of the items appear listed on Menendez's Senate disclosure forms.
In 2019, IS EG Halal was awarded an exclusive contract with the Egyptian government to certify Halal meat exports worldwide. Seven longtime companies across the globe were suddenly fired by the Egyptian government and those firms lost millions in business to the Edgewater firm — a firm run by a Christian with little prior experience in Islamic certification of international meat imports and exports.
"This corporation has no track record of doing these types of certifications — and yet the country in question earmarks them as the sole entity to perform that task?" Paradis said.Sources familiar with the matter said that, as part of the ongoing investigation, the FBI is looking into whether any IS EG executive or associate paid any bribe to any Egyptian official.
Sources close to IS EG Halal said Hana, the owner, has been longtime friends with the senator's wife — and that friendship existed long before she even met the senator. One source familiar with the company said Arslanian had received gifts from the owner, including jewelry, over the years. A spokesperson for Sen. Menendez declined to comment on any of the allegations, citing the ongoing "inquiry."
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