Embattled Democrat Senator Bob Menendez on Thursday was charged with appearing as a overseas agent in a superseding indictment.
The brand new indictment filed by a federal grand jury in Manhattan claims Menendez “offered delicate U.S. Authorities data and took different steps that secretly aided the Authorities of Egypt.”
Final month federal prosecutors announced that Democrat U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, and his spouse, have been indicted on expenses of bribery and corruption.
Federal prosecutors out of the Southern District of New York obtained a 3-count indictment towards Bob Menendez and his spouse Nadine Menendez.
Fred Daibes, an actual property developer, New Jersey businessman Wael Hana and Joseph Uribe had been additionally charged.
“The Senator and his spouse accepted lots of of hundreds of {dollars} in bribes….. money, gold, dwelling mortgage funds, jobs, automobiles, and different issues of worth” in trade for “utilizing his energy and affect to guard and enrich [New Jersey] businessmen and to profit the federal government of Egypt,” US Legal professional for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams mentioned.
Nadine Menendez was given a “no-show” or “low-show” job, a Mercedes Benz and different issues of worth, Damian Williams mentioned.
Particular brokers found $500,000 of money stuffed into envelopes in closets. “A few of the money was stuffed within the Senator’s jacket pockets. A few of the envelopes of money contained Daibes’ fingerprints and Daibes’ DNA,” Williams mentioned at a press convention final month.
proof pictures present money, Mercedes and gold bars
Menendez beforehand used the race card after he was indicted.
“It isn’t misplaced on me how shortly some are speeding to evaluate a Latino and push him out of his seat. I’m not going anyplace,” Menendez mentioned.
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