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Read the New Menendez Indictment

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October 12, 2023

Case 1:23-cr-00490-SHS Document 65 Filed 10/12/23 Page 18 of 44

IS EG Halal is Used to Fund Bribe Payments

31. After financially benefitting from IS EG Halal’s monopoly status as the sole halal certifier, WAEL HANA, a/k/a “Will Hana,” the defendant, at times with the assistance of FRED DAIBES and JOSE URIBE, the defendants, provided payments in furtherance of the scheme.

32. For example, in or about July 2019, after the mortgage company for the residence of NADINE MENENDEZ, a/k/a “Nadine Arslanian,” the defendant, initiated foreclosure proceedings, WAEL HANA, a/k/a “Will Hana,” the defendant, caused IS EG Halal to pay approximately $23,000 to bring NADINE MENENDEZ’s mortgage current. HANA made this payment following a series of discussions with NADINE MENENDEZ, as well as JOSE URIBE and FRED DAIBES, the defendants, about various options for bringing the mortgage current. When at one point URIBE responded to NADINE MENENDEZ that HANA might balk at the amount required to bring the mortgage current, NADINE MENENDEZ replied, in part, “When I feel comfortable and plan the trip to Egypt he [i.e., HANA] will be more powerful than the president of Egypt.” Thereafter, URIBE and HANA worked to facilitate the payments, and ROBERT MENENDEZ, the defendant, continued taking actions to assist HANA and Egypt, including those discussed below.

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A few months later, in or about September 2019, NADINE MENENDEZ, a/k/a “Nadine Arslanian,” the defendant, texted FRED DAIBES, the defendant, complaining that WAEL HANA, a/k/a “Will Hana,” the defendant, had not paid her what he owed her. DAIBES replied to NADINE MENENDEZ, “Nadine I personally gave Bob a check for September.”

34. Several days later, NADINE MENENDEZ, a/k/a “Nadine Arslanian,” the defendant, texted ROBERT MENENDEZ, the defendant, to complain that WAEL HANA, a/k/a “Will Hana,” and FRED DAIBES, the defendants, had not made payments, writing, “I am s000000 upset,” stating that HANA had not left her an envelope, and remarking, “I thought Fred

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New York

Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 14, 2024

Published

3 days ago

May 16, 2024

Press Room

Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 14, 2024

Proceedings
SUPREME COURT
CRIMINAL TERM
NEW YORK COUNTY
PART 59
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
-against
DONALD J. TRUMP,
Defendant.
:
3503
INDICTMENT #
71543/2023
Falsifying Business
Records First Degree
BEFORE:
100 Centre Street
New York, New York 10013
May 14, 2024
HONORABLE JUAN M. MERCHAN,
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
APPEARANCES:
FOR THE PEOPLE:
ALVIN L. BRAGG, JR., ESQ.
New York County District Attorney
BY: JOSHUA STEINGLASS, ESQ.,
MATTHEW COLANGELO, ESQ.,
SUSAN HOFFINGER, ESQ.,
CHRISTOPHER CONROY, ESQ.,
REBECCA MANGOLD,
ESQ.,
KATHERINE ELLIS, ESQ.,
Assistant District Attorneys
FOR THE DEFENDANT:
BLANCHE LAW
BY: TODD BLANCHE, ESQ.
EMIL BOVE, ESQ.
KENDRA WHARTON, ESQ.
STEPHEN WEISS, ESQ.
NECHELES LAW, LLP
BY: SUSAN NECHELES, ESQ.
GEDALIA STERN, ESQ.
SUSAN PEARCE-BATES
Principal Court Reporter
LAURIE EISENBERG, RPR, CSR
LISA KRAMSKY
THERESA MAGNICCARI
Senior Court Reporters
Lisa Kramsky,
Senior Court Reporter

New York

Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 13, 2024

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4 days ago

May 15, 2024

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Transcript of Trump Manhattan Trial, May 13, 2024

M. Cohen Direct/Hoffinger
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was there at The Trump Organization about executives coming in
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to meet with Mr. Trump?
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Mr.
Trump had an open-door policy, which, if there was
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somebody in there, you waited; and if not, you knocked on the
door, and I would say, “Boss, do you have a second?”, and I
would walk right in.
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And others did the same, to your knowledge?
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To my knowledge, yes.
Now, when you met with Mr. Trump at The Trump
Organization, in his office, did you, generally, need
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I’m
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sorry.
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Did you, generally, record those meetings in your calendar?
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No, ma’am.
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As part of your work at The Trump Organization, did
you feel that it was part of your job to keep him updated on
matters that you were handling for him?
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Yes.
It was actually required.
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Tell us what you mean by that.
When he would task you with something, he would then
say, “Keep me informed. Let me know what’s going on.”
And what he was saying, what everybody did is, as soon as
you had a result, an answer, you would go straight back and
tell him. Especially if it was a matter that was troubling to
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him.
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So, two things, just to break that down.
Laurie Eisenberg, CSR, RPR
Senior Court Reporter

New York

Video: Michael Cohen Says Trump Discussed Reimbursement in Oval Office

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4 days ago

May 15, 2024

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Video: Michael Cohen Says Trump Discussed Reimbursement in Oval Office

Michael Cohen’s story of a hush-money arrangement struck in the White House was the only personal account tying Donald J. Trump to falsified documents. Jonah Bromwich, a criminal justice reporter at The New York Times, gives his takeaways.