The Lacuna Project

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Person

Robert Menendez (U.S. Senator from New Jersey)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-6.8: The 5 March 2024 superseding indictment charged Senator Robert Menendez, Nadine Menendez and two New Jersey businessmen, among other offenses, with a conspiracy to have Menendez act as an agent of the Government of Egypt, a foreign principal required to register under FARA, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 219.
  • POL-6.9: A jury convicted Menendez on all counts on 16 July 2024, including acting as an agent of Egypt, and he was sentenced to 11 years on 29 January 2025. A jury acquitted Gregory Craig of a false-statement count about Ukraine work on 4 September 2019, and a Brooklyn jury acquitted Thomas Barrack and Matthew Grimes of all counts, including acting as agents of the United Arab Emirates, on 4 November 2022.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 830 5 March 2024. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York: Superseding Indictment S4, United States v. Menendez, No. 23-cr-490 (SHS), Doc. 239-1
  • Exhibit 831 16 July 2024; sentencing 29 January 2025. U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York: Statement of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams on the convictions of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez and two businessmen; sentencing release