The steakhouse stakeout that entangled Menendez

Sen. Bob Menendez leaves the Manhattan federal court after the second day of jury selection in his trial on May 14, 2024, in New York. | Stefan Jeremiah/APOn May 21, 2019, two FBI surveillance teams were sent to the Morton’s steakhouse a few blocks from the White House.That’s according to testimony Tuesday from an FBI investigator called as a witness in the New Jersey Democrat’s corruption trial.

It’s unclear who investigators were there to watch. But two of the investigators testified that their target was someone who came in from New York and arrived at the steakhouse in a car with Washington, D.C., diplomatic plates. The FBI couple inside were equipped with a cover story and a concealed video camera that took silent footage. Another investigator was in a van with cameras outside the steakhouse. Another, who did not testify Tuesday, had posed as an Uber driver.

One of the FBI investigators, Terrie Williams-Thompson, who posed as the wife and at one point got up to follow Nadine Menendez to the bathroom, testified that the men did most of the talking during the dinner. Silent video footage shows Menendez pouring wine and Helmy smoking at the table, which is on the Morton’s patio, where smoking is allowed.

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