Federal authorities say U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez publicly supported the government of Qatar and enabled a member of the Qatari royal family to invest tens of millions of dollars in a New Jersey businessman’s real estate project. A superseding indictment in Manhattan federal court Tuesday did not identify the member of the Qatari royal family but said the individual was the principal of the Qatari Investment Co., an investment fund. The indictment says the Qatari investor eventually negotiated a multimillion-dollar investment finalized in 2023 in the real estate project planned by Fred Daibes, one of three businessmen charged along with the 70-year-old senator and his wife. All have pleaded not guilty.
