New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine, have been indicted on federal bribery charges in connection with their “corrupt relationship” with three New Jersey businessmen, prosecutors announced Friday.
Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said at a press conference Friday that an indictment alleges “the senator and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for Senator Menendez using his power and influence, to protect and to enrich those businessmen and to benefit the government of Egypt.”
Williams said that those bribes happened between 2018 and 2022 and included cash, gold, mortgage payments, a Mercedes-Benz and a no-show job for his wife. The indictment includes three charges against the couple: conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and conspiracy to commit extortion.
