“Once she started dating Bob, none of us saw her much anymore,” said Diane Chessin, a friend. “She was busy accompanying Menendez to various destinations and spending time in D.C.”
A former employee of the company, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Washington Post because of the ongoing criminal investigation, said Hana told staff that the business was “considered a government entity in Egypt.” The indictment alleges that two days after a dinner arranged by Arslanian, in which details of the state prosecution were presented, Menendez called a prosecutor in the New Jersey attorney general’s office “in an attempt, through advice and pressure, to cause a resolution of the prosecution.” Before the call, the indictment says, Menendez received multiple text messages from his then-girlfriend about the matter — messages both of them subsequently deleted.
Prosecutors allege that Menendez carried out a parallel effort in the following years to influence the federal prosecution of Daibes in exchange for cash, furniture and gold bars. Two days later, prosecutors allege, Menendez called a high-level Agriculture Department official and “insisted” that the agency stop opposing the company’s status as the sole halal certifier for meat entering Egypt.
Hana, however, continued to text extensively, according to messages cited in the indictment, including about assistance he claimed Menendez was providing to the Egyptian government. That fall, he referred to Menendez as “our man” in a message to an Egyptian official, according to the indictment.
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