According to federal prosecutors, Sen. Bob Menendez acted as a foreign agent for Egypt while serving as the chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
It was three weeks ago when federal prosecutors indicted Sen. Bob Menendez, alleging that the New Jersey Democrat received “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes and used his influence to benefit, among others, the Egyptian government.
Though the senator has denied any wrongdoing, and he pleaded not guilty in court, it’s difficult to deny the seriousness of the allegations. According to the Justice Department, Menendez received, among other things, cash, gold bars, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low- or no-show job, and a luxury vehicle. Complicating matters, the longtime lawmaker has struggled to present much of a public defense.
It’s one of the reasons why most of Menendez’s Democratic colleagues, and his home state’s Democratic governor, have urged him to resign.
Today, the senator’s legal difficulties went from bad to worse. NBC News reported:
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