
Sen. Bob Menendez charged with taking bribes to help business cronies, Egyptian government
It's the second time the New Jersey Democrat has been federally indicted. His corruption trial years ago ended in a mistrial.

A federal grand jury in New York indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and his wife, charging the two with bribery in connection with their relationship with three New Jersey businesspeople, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.
Federal prosecutors accused the couple of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in cash, gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz C-300 convertible and home mortgage payments in exchange for using the senator’s position to benefit the businesspeople and the government of Egypt between 2018 and 2022. The two were charged with conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and conspiracy to commit extortion.
This is NOT the first time this asshole has been in trouble, but it's likely to be the last.