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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruth Michaelson

US urged to withhold military aid to Egypt in wake of Bob Menendez charges

Senator Bob Menendez gets in an elevator
The charges against Bob Menendez include accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The indictment of Senator Bob Menendez on charges of corruptly aiding the Egyptian government has set the stage for a week of renewed pressure on US lawmakers to withhold military aid to Egypt.

Menendez stepped town temporarily from his position as head of the Senate foreign relations committee on Friday after he was indicted by New York’s southern district court on a set of explosive and detailed charges.

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