Sen. Menendez: I Got ‘Absolutely Nothing’ From Qatar

Published on January 9, 2024

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Jan. 9 he got “absolutely nothing” from Qatar. “I have received nothing, absolutely nothing, from the government of Qatar or on behalf of the government of Qatar to promote their image or their issues,” he said on the Senate floor. “The government’s principal allegation of what I supposedly did for Qatar was to support a Senate resolution.” The resolution, noted Mr. Menendez, thanked Qatar for helping evacuate Americans and Afghan refugees during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan following the almost 20-year war there. “The suggestion that an introduction of a constituent to a Qatari investment company is illegal is not only wrong as a matter of law, it is dangerous to the important work all of us as senators do,” claimed Mr. Menendez....

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