
US Senator Menendez charged with corruption
A prominent backer of anti-Russia sanctions, Bob Mendez, is accused of receiving bribes to benefit a foreign country
Bob Menendez. © Bill Clark/Getty Images
Prominent Democratic Senator Robert Menendez has been charged in a federal case for his alleged corrupt relationship with three businessmen. The indictment, unsealed in the Manhattan federal court on Friday, also names his wife, Nadine, as well as three other suspects, allegedly involved in the scheme.
According to the document, the lawmaker and his wife, from at least 2018 until 2022, received “hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for using Menendez’s power and influence as Senator” to serve the interests of the three businessmen, as well as a foreign state actor, namely Egypt.
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