Key takeaways:
- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was hit with new charges accusing him of accepting bribes to behalf of a foreign government and acting as a foreign agent.
- The new indictment alleges that Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.”
- If convicted, Menendez and his wife could face up to 20 years in prison.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was hit with new charges Thursday accusing him of accepting bribes to behalf of a foreign government and acting as a foreign agent. The superseding indictment filed in federal district court in New York charges Menendez with one count of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign principal to the Egyptian government and its officials.
The new indictment follows an initial indictment from last month, in which Menendez and his wife Nadine Menendez were charged with three counts for allegedly engaging in a bribery scheme. The indictment alleged that Menendez accepted lavish bribes in exchange for official acts.
The new indictment alleges that Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.” The indictment also alleges that Menendez and his wife received gifts and payments from two New Jersey businessmen in exchange for the senator’s official acts.
Menendez has denied the charges, calling them “baseless” and “unfounded.” He has said that he will “fight these charges with every fiber of my being.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is prosecuting the case. If convicted, Menendez and his wife could face up to 20 years in prison.
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