| After
Bob Menendez
Got 11 Years
Sentence
Nadine Not in
Jail Asks To
Remain Free SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 14 – Amid reports of
investigation against Sen.
Robert Menendez for taking
gold bars, Inner City Press'
sources on September 21 it to
expect on Friday, September 22
an appearance in Federal court
in Manhattan by Menendez and
his wife Nadine Arslanian, now
facing trial alone. This
scoop
was true. Later a
superseder was unveiled,
including charges of bribes to
act for Qatar. On January 10
Menendez filed a motion to
dismiss, on Patreon here On February 1,
Judge Stein granted some
unsealing - including of some
of the material in the vault
which Inner City Press
requested. Order here. Jump cut:
Menendez et al were convicted;
Inner City Press published a
book, here. On Nadine
Menendez, on March 31 there
was ex USDA official Ted
McKinney (thread)
then an FBI Agent with Gurbir
Grewal and then Jose Uribe on
deck. Jump cut to
February 10, 2026: after
Nadine Menendez was convicted
and sentenced, her lawyer
wrote in asking for more
travel, filing on Patreon here On April 14, 2026
Nadine Menendez asked to put
off any prison time or
forfeiture pending appeals,
arguing ", despite forcing Mr.
Schertler off of the case,
subpoenaing Mr. Schertler
himself for trial testimony,
and marking trial exhibits for
admission that necessarily
required Mr. Schertler’s
testimony, the Government,
shockingly, never called Mr.
Schertler at trial. Indeed,
the Government offered no
evidence whatsoever regarding
the August 2023 Proffer. In
violation of its duty of
candor, the Government never
informed Mrs. Menendez or the
Court directly of its change
of heart, Mrs. Menendez was
not allocuted further on the
issue (as she easily could
have and should have been),
and Mrs. Menendez was forced
to proceed to trial without
her highly experienced and
well regarded chosen counsel.
The Government’s reckless
course of action raises a
substantial question of
constitutional dimension that
mandates Mrs. Menendez’s
release under 18 U.S.C. §
3143. This issue alone is
enough for the Court to find a
question warranting release,
but Mrs. Menendez’s appeal
raises several additional
substantial, material
questions that require vacatur
or reversal. In tandem with
Mrs. Menendez’s demonstrated
good behavior on release to
date, the issues on appeal
justify release pending their
resolution" - 17 page filing
on Patreon here
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Friday, April 17, 2026
After Bob Menendez Got 11 Years Sentence Nadine Not in Jail Asks To Remain Free
