Federal prosecutors made new allegations Tuesday that Sen. Bob Menendez took gifts from a real estate developer and a Qatari investment company related to public actions to benefit the Qatari government.
In a second superseding indictment in the case, prosecutors said the New Jersey Democrat sought to persuade a Qatari-aligned investment company to pour millions into the developer’s project.
The new indictment doesn’t add to the four charges Menendez already faced. But the details in the latest superseding indictment expand the time frame of a bribery and extortion conspiracy to include 2023 and provides additional details, prosecutors wrote in a separate filing in the case.
