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The Independent UK
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Katie Hawkinson and Ariana Baio

Bob ‘Gold Bars’ Menendez reveals wife Nadine’s cancer diagnosis a day after blaming her for bribery charges

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Senator Bob Menendez revealed his wife, Nadine Menendez, is fighting breast cancer a day after blaming her for the criminal bribery charges he faces.

“As a result of constant press inquiries and reporters following my wife, she has asked me to disclose her medical condition,” the New Jersey lawmaker said in a statement on Thursday. “Nadine is suffering from Grade 3 breast cancer, which will require her to have mastectomy surgery.”

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