Exhibit 831 ยท Agency press release
Statement of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams on the convictions of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez and two businessmen; sentencing release
ROBERT MENENDEZ, 70, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; WAEL HANA, 40, of Edgewater, New Jersey, and originally of Egypt; and FRED DAIBES, 66, of Edgewater, New Jersey, were convicted of the charges listed in the chart below.
A jury convicted Menendez on all counts, including acting as an agent of Egypt, on 16 July 2024; the office later announced a sentence of 11 years (29 January 2025).
- Source
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
- Date
- 16 July 2024; sentencing 29 January 2025
- Quoted from
- SDNY statement dated Tuesday, 16 July 2024, paragraph above the charges chart; chart counts 15 and 16 are 'Conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent' and 'Public official acting as a foreign agent' (Menendez)
- Grade
- Reported
- Document
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-damian-williams-convictions-us-senator-robert-menendez-and-two
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit