| After
Bob Menendez
Got 11 Years
Sentence
Nadine Bid for
4 Month Delay
Questioned SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 2 – 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 "- 17 page filing on
Patreon here On April 20 the
US Attorney's Office opposed,
with a filing summarizing
Damien Williams' discussions
with Gurbir Grewal ("the USAO
SDNY did not view Grewal as a
target... Grewal’s name was
not included in any of the
warrants being executed that
day" -- then a 98% redacted
document, both on Patreon here On April 29,
Judge Stein denied Nadine
Menendez' request for bail
pending appeal, writing that
while "According to defendant,
the Government manufactured an
attorney-client conflict
between defendant and
defendant's preferred trial
counsel, David Schertler, that
forced Schertler and his law
firm to withdraw from
defendant's defense team and
deprived defendant of her
Sixth Amendment right to the
counsel of her choosing. (See
Dkt. No. 938 at 6- 11.) The
Court disagrees that defendant
raises a substantial question
of law." Full order on Patreon
here On June 10, after
Judge Stein held a hearing
(and attempt to resolve in
chambers) on the issue of
Nadine Menendez' seized
jewelry, the Second Circuit's
denial of bail pending appeal
was docketed. On July 2, Judge
Stein pushed back: "ORDER as
to Nadine Menendez. The Court
has received todays letter
from defendants counsel
requesting an almost
four-month adjournment of
defendants surrender date with
a status conference in
September to update the Court
on Mrs. Menendez's status at
that time [ECF Doc. No. 946].
The government is directed to
respond to defendant's letter
by 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday,
July 8; defendant is directed
to inform the Court by July 6
why it filed its request for
this adjournment 90 minutes
prior to the close of business
before a three-day federal
holiday and merely eight days
in advance of defendants
scheduled surrender date(
Responses due by 7/8/2026)
(Signed by Judge Sidney H.
Stein on 7/2/26)."
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Friday, July 3, 2026
After Bob Menendez Got 11 Years Sentence Nadine Bid for 4 Month Delay Questioned
