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