Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming. My nape is Damian Williams and im the United States attorney here in the Southern District of new york. Today im announcing that my office has obtained a threecount indictment charging senator robert menendez, his wife, and three new jersey businessmen for bribery offenses. The investigation that led to these charges has been run out of the Southern District of new york. The inindictment alleges that between 2018 and 2022, senator menendez and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his wife engaged in a corrupt relationship with others. The indictment alleges that through that relationship, the senator and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for senator menendez using his power and influence to protect and to enrich those businessmen and to benefit the government of egypt. The indictment alleges that people provided bribes in the form of cash, gold, moment mortgage payments home momen
Other issues that are being as well in the midst of the spending stomach, ukrainian president zelenskyy came to capitol hill seeking more powerful arms for their war against russia. To top it off, members were walked friday by the federal indictment of a sitting senator, the chair the Foreign Relations committee, senator Robert Menendez. Good morning and welcome to washington journal for this saturday, september 23rd, 2023. This first hour, we will ask you your top news story of the week. We would love to hear from you. The democratic line is 202 7488000. For republicans, it is 202 7488001. Independents and others, 202 7488002. You can tell us your thoughts, your story of the week on text, 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. Or on facebook, leave your comments there. Also, twitter and checks and cspan cspanwj. Top stories we mentioned that include that Government Shutdown at the end of the fiscal year without with no solution sight for short term spending mea
Bill to avoid a Government Shutdown. There was a lot of maneuvering this week, but no real movement. Other issues that are being as well in the midst of the spending stomach, ukrainian president zelenskyy came to capitol hill seeking more powerful arms for their war against russia. To top it off, members were walked friday by the federal indictment of a sitting senator, the chair the Foreign Relations committee, senator Robert Menendez. Good morning and welcome to washington journal for this saturday, september 23rd, 2023. This first hour, we will ask you your top news story of the week. We would love to hear from you. The democratic line is 202 7488000. For republicans, it is 202 7488001. Independents and others, 202 7488002. You can tell us your thoughts, your story of the week on text, 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. Or on facebook, leave your comments there. Also, twitter and checks and cspan cspanwj. Top stories we mentioned that include that Governm
On your screen there the Podium Set Up at the Department Of Justice where federal officials will be holding a Press Conference to announce Bribery Charges against democratic senator bob menendez along with his wife nadine. Well bring you the remarks when they begin. A Federal Grand Jury allege they received, quotes, Hundreds Of Thousands of dollars in bribes using his influence in washington to enrich several new jersey businessmen, as well as the egyptian government. As for menendez future on capitol hill, a source says he will be stepping down as chairman of a committee while this goes on. We are awaiting that News Conference to begin. Ken, what else is inside this indictment . How serious are the charges . Reporter extremely serious. This is a Bribery Indictment against Senator Menendez and his wife nadine. This involves new jersey businessmen who sought and got the senators Assistance Intervening in criminal cases. The indictment says menendez went into Business Transactions for a
To say thank you for all that canada has done, a good ally to ukraine, there are a lot of ukrainians living in canada at the moment so president zelensky theyre signing, i dont know what he is signing, perhaps we can find out later, but hes going to address politicians in the Canadian Parliament with Prime Minister trudeau taking him into the chamber now. Of course, today we heard from ukrainian officials saying that its forces have successfully hit the headquarters of russias black sea navalfleet successfully hit the headquarters of russias Black Sea Naval Fleet in crimea. Russia says that one serviceman is missing after the attack. The local governor warned residents in the city of sebastopol that another attack was possible and to urge the city centre and stay indoors. I think we can show some pictures posted on social media of plumes of smoke rising from the building that was attacked, we are just trying to find you those pictures and we will cross to them. Here is a map. Here we a