Witness at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial says meat-export monopoly made costs soar

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Prosecutors said Bob Menendez was behind the creation of the meat-export monopoly was a partial payback for bribes he received from Wael Hana, a friend of…

's bribery trial testified Friday that the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt followed Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say the Democrat arranged in return for bribes.

“The fee increased drastically,” Tate testified, saying he was trying to expand the number of companies that could export meat to Egypt in 2019 from the four that were already doing so when he was abruptly informed that Egypt wanted a single company to handle it and had specified that it be Hana's company.Tate said he was surprised because Hana had no experience in the field and seemed so clueless that he had asked him at a meeting how certification worked.

Referencing the money caches the FBI said was found in several rooms in the couple's home, prosecutors asked an FBI agent Friday specifically about thousands in cash found in the senator's clothes and shoes. The agent said the name on the jackets searched were"Robert Menendez and Senator Menendez," and that Nadine's name was not seen on any of the jackets where cash was found.

“Hana didn’t actually have any experience in this business. Zero. But you’ll learn that what he did have were connections in the Egyptian government and a U.S. senator in his pocket promising military aid,” she said. “No crime at all,” Lustberg said. “We are a country of immigrants, among them the tight-knit Egyptian community of which Will Hana is a part.”

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