- On bribery-related accusations, Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine were charged. According to a tweet from the US attorney in New York, they were charged with bribery “in connection with their corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen”.
- Menendez has been accused with crimes relating to corruption twice in the last ten years. “Cash, gold bars, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low- or no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other items of value” were among the bribes the couple got.
- When federal authorities carried out search warrants in the couple’s Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, residence, they found several of these things.
- More than $480,000 in cash was discovered, “much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets, and a safe,” plus more than $70,000 in Nadine Menendez’s safe.
- They also discovered Menendez’s wife receiving a Mercedes-Benz convertible worth more than $60,000 in exchange for the senator’s intervention in a state probe and prosecution.
- The senator’s house also contained gold bars valued hundreds of thousands of dollars. The indictment included charges against all three of the involved businessmen.
- Sen. Bob Menendez is a member of the Democratic Party. He has been serving in the U.S. Senate since 2006, representing the state of New Jersey. He is currently the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee1. He is running for re-election in 2024.
