Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was charged by federal prosecutors with obstruction of justice in yet another superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday regarding a multiyear bribery scheme involving the Egyptian and Qatari governments.
The 18-page indictment accuses Menendez and his co-defendants, including his wife Nadine, of acting as foreign agents and accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to benefit the Egyptian government through their power and power. This is a list of charges that have already been indicted. Influence as a senator.
The charges come after co-defendant Jose Uribe agreed to cooperate in a plea deal last week. Tuesday’s indictment also alleges that Menendez committed conspiracy, bribery, acting as a foreign agent, extortion and wire fraud.
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez faces bribery charges
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive at a federal courthouse in New York on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Gina Moon)
Prosecutors also said in the new indictment that Menendez told his lawyer that businessman Wael Hana paid more than $23,000 for Nadine’s mortgage, and that Uribe contributed more than $23,000. The lawsuit alleges that he instructed the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York to report his knowledge of the funds in 2022. Her new luxury car.
Additionally, Mr. Menendez told his lawyers that “the truth, the facts, and as Mr. Menendez well knew,” were that the mortgage and car payments were made before 2022. When he learned that the money was actually a loan, he reportedly advised the public prosecutor’s office to disclose that the money was actually a loan. , “and they were not loans, but bribe payments,” prosecutors wrote in Tuesday’s indictment.
Menendez is also suspected of accepting bribes and gifts in return for supporting interests in Qatar as part of a corruption scheme between 2021 and 2023.
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Mr. Menendez was first indicted in the federal bribery scheme on September 23, along with his wife Nadine and three other New Jersey businessmen Hana, Uribe and Fred Duives. Hana, Duives, Nadine and Menendez have pleaded not guilty.
FOX News Digital has reached out to Menendez’s office for comment.
