The New Jersey senator was previously indicted for bribery, but his trial in 2017 ended in a mistrial.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is under federal investigation, his advisor confirmed Wednesday, seven years after the senator was previously indicted for alleged bribery and corruption—which prosecutors are reportedly now investigating him for again.
Menendez is “aware of an investigation” into him but “does not know the scope of” it, advisor Michael Soliman said in a statement to multiple outlets, after Semafor reported early Wednesday the senator was the subject of a federal probe.
ABC News reported Menendez is facing a criminal probe by New York prosecutors.
Semafor, citing anonymous sources, reports the “broad outlines” of the investigation are “similar” to the previous charges against Menendez, who was indicted in 2015 for conspiracy, bribery, violating the travel act, making false statements and honest services fraud.
Those charges—which were ultimately dropped after his trial ended in a hung jury in 2017—alleged Menendez accepted approximately $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, in exchange for using his office for Melgan’s personal gain.
The government’s current investigation into Menendez centers on different people from the last probe, Semafor reports, and federal investigators have reportedly already sent at least one subpoena and have started contacting witnesses.
