{"id":9216,"date":"2023-09-26T05:47:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T05:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecrimebd.net\/english\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2023-09-26T05:47:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T05:47:21","slug":"the-us-senator-who-banned-rab-was-caught-in-a-bribery-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecrimebd.net\/english\/news\/9216\/","title":{"rendered":"The US senator who banned RAB was caught in a bribery scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>International Desk:<\/strong> There were allegations of financial transactions behind the US ban on elite-force RAB from the beginning.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">This time, the truth of this has started to be found through specific allegations against a US senator.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">US Senator Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine, have been charged with bribery.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">It was Menendez who urged the US administration to ban Bangladesh&#8217;s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The country&#8217;s attorney&#8217;s office in Manhattan said on Friday (September 22) that there was evidence that Menendez had provided sensitive information to the Egyptian government.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Qatar-based media outlet Al Jazeera reported in a report that an indictment has also been published from the country&#8217;s attorney&#8217;s office in Manhattan.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">It is said that Senator Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine, took hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to maintain good relations with three New Jersey businessmen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">In addition to receiving direct dollars, the Menendez couple received gold, home loans, job opportunities, expensive cars, and many other things.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Federal prosecutors recovered large amounts of gold bars and hundreds of millions of dollars in cash from the senator&#8217;s residence.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The price of this gold is 2 lakh dollars.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Menendez and his wife are facing three criminal charges.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">These are bribery conspiracies, service fraud conspiracies, and extortion conspiracies in the name of government rights.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">However, Menendez claimed that these allegations were false.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He said, These are conspiratorial campaigns against me.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Menendez is a Democrat on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Three years ago, he and several colleagues urged the then-Trump administration to impose sanctions against Bangladesh&#8217;s RAB.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Since then, Menendez has been known in Bangladesh.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Menendez called on the then-Trump administration to impose sanctions on some senior officers of RAB in 2020, accusing them of extrajudicial killings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Desk: There were allegations of financial transactions behind the US ban on elite-force RAB from the beginning. This time, the truth of this has started to be found through specific allegations against a US senator. US Senator Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine, have been charged with bribery. 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