After decades as one of the world’s largest recipients of United States foreign aid, the Egyptian government was nervous about how long the largess would continue at that level. Egyptian officials found an ally in Senator Robert J. Menendez of New Jersey. He happened to be the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a position that Egypt evidently felt could help its footing in Washington. Prosecutors say he was doing favors for Egyptian officials such as signing off on arms sales and secretly helping lobby Washington to release funding.
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