Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) has given Senate Democrats a not-so-happy start to 2024 after a fresh round of accusations that he accepted lavish gifts in exchange for aiding a foreign government. The second superseding indictment — this one accusing him of receiving gifts linked to Qatar — is the latest legal trouble staring down the […]
Tag: Bribery
Sen. Menendez gold bars tied to violent robbery
Several gold bars discovered by federal agents in Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s residence as part of a high-profile bribery investigation can be traced to a violent robbery a decade ago. According to a sprawling indictment unsealed by federal prosecutors in September, Menendez and his wife allegedly played a role in a years-long bribery […]
Sen. Bob Menendez & wife indicted for bribery
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was charged Friday with corruption-related offenses for the second time in 10 years. Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, are accused of accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes” in exchange for the senator’s influence, according to the newly unsealed federal indictment. Prosecutors allege the bribes included […]
Biden dismisses multi-million $ bribery scheme
President Joe Biden dismissed as “malarkey” a House GOP accusation that he was involved in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme on Thursday. “Where’s the money?” Biden said in response to a shouted question from a reporter after his news conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. “I’m joking. That’s a bunch of malarkey.” The question […]