Senator Bob Menendez Faces Indictment for Bribery

Senator Bob Menendez Faces Indictment for Bribery

Senator Bob Menendez , Faces Indictment for Bribery.

ABC News reports that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is facing a sweeping indictment by a federal grand jury.

ABC News reports that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is facing a sweeping indictment by a federal grand jury.

Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, who was also indicted, are accused of receiving gifts in exchange for the senator's power and influence.

Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, who was also indicted, are accused of receiving gifts in exchange for the senator's power and influence.

The gifts were allegedly associated with a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daides.

The gifts were allegedly associated with a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daides.

According to the indictment, Menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the businessmen.

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According to the indictment, Menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the businessmen.

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Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle and other things of value, Bob Menendez indictment, via ABC.

Federal agents searched Menendez's New Jersey home in June of 2022, finding evidence of the pair's "corrupt bribery agreement.".

ABC reports that the evidence included over $480,000 in cash, as well as $70,000 found in Nadine Menendez's safe deposit box.

In April of 2015, Menendez was indicted on corruption charges regarding his relationship with Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor.

In that case, Menendez was accused of accepting close to $1 million in campaign contributions and gifts, including flights, vacations and hotel rooms. .

In that case, Menendez was accused of accepting close to $1 million in campaign contributions and gifts, including flights, vacations and hotel rooms. .

In 2018, the trial ended with a hung jury, and the charges were eventually dropped