Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
Federal authorities unveiled a superseding indictment Thursday against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez accusing the senator of acting as a foreign agent for Egypt while serving as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced an additional charge against New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, alleging they conspired to have the senator act as a foreign agent of Egypt.
Sen. Robert Menendez (D) is accused of accepting bribes on behalf of a foreign government and acting as a foreign agent, according to a superseding indictment filed by a federal grand jury in Manhattan.
In a superseding indictment, prosecutors alleged Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. government information and took other steps that secretly aided the government of Egypt."
Manhattan federal prosecutors added a foreign agent conspiracy charge to the counts Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is facing, per a superseding indictment released on Thursday. Menendez now faces four…
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has been hit with an additional charge in the ongoing investigation into him and his wife, Nadine Menendez — with the former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman now being accused by prosecutors of acting as a foreign agent for Egypt
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
Sen. Robert Menendez, his wife and an associate face an additional count for allegedly conspiring to have Menendez act as an illegal foreign agent on behalf of Egypt.
Sen. Robert Menendez (D) is accused of accepting bribes on behalf of a foreign government and acting as a foreign agent, according to a superseding indictment filed by a federal grand jury in Manhattan.
The new charge against Menendez comes as more than 30 Senate Democrats – including his home state colleague, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker – have called on him to resign.
The new charge comes just weeks after the Democrat and his wife were accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen who wanted the senator to help and influence over foreign affairs.
