 Menendez starts dating his soon-to-be wife, Nadine, in 2018. She introduces him to Wael Hanna, an Egyptian-born businessman. Hanna introduces the senator to military and intelligence officials from Egypt. Their weapons sales from the U.S. are being held up over human rights concerns, and Menendez is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and he helps them get the weapons sales back on track.