According to a Newsmax report, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D) is being slapped with federal corruption charges after allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes.
Menendez and his wife were charged on Friday.
From Newsmax:
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan accused the defendants of accepting thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using Menendez’s power and influence as a senator to seek to protect and enrich the businessmen and benefit the government of Egypt.
Prosecutors said the bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a job with minimal requirements, a luxury vehicle and other things of value.
Menendez, 69, and his wife Nadine Menendez face three criminal counts each. The senator’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Menendez, chairman of the influential U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, had previously been charged in New Jersey with accepting private flights, campaign contributions and other bribes from a wealthy patron in exchange for official favors, but a 2017 trial ended in a jury deadlock.
He has been in the Senate since 2006.
This story is developing…
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) September 22, 2023
