Senator Bob Menendez , Faces Indictment for Bribery.<br />ABC News reports that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, <br />the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is facing a sweeping indictment by a federal grand jury.<br />ABC News reports that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, <br />the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is facing a sweeping indictment by a federal grand jury.<br />Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, who was <br />also indicted, are accused of receiving gifts in <br />exchange for the senator's power and influence.<br />Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, who was <br />also indicted, are accused of receiving gifts in <br />exchange for the senator's power and influence.<br />The gifts were allegedly associated with a corrupt <br />relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, <br />Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daides.<br />The gifts were allegedly associated with a corrupt <br />relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, <br />Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daides.<br />According to the indictment, Menendez <br />and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands <br />of dollars in bribes from the businessmen. .<br />According to the indictment, Menendez <br />and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands <br />of dollars in bribes from the businessmen. .<br />Those bribes included cash, <br />gold, payments toward a home <br />mortgage, compensation for <br />a low-or-no-show job, a luxury <br />vehicle and other things of value, Bob Menendez indictment, via ABC.<br />Federal agents searched Menendez's New Jersey <br />home in June of 2022, finding evidence of <br />the pair's "corrupt bribery agreement.".<br />ABC reports that the evidence included <br />over $480,000 in cash, as well as $70,000 <br />found in Nadine Menendez's safe deposit box.<br />In April of 2015, Menendez was indicted on <br />corruption charges regarding his relationship <br />with Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor.<br />In that case, Menendez was accused of accepting <br />close to $1 million in campaign contributions and <br />gifts, including flights, vacations and hotel rooms. .<br />In that case, Menendez was accused of accepting <br />close to $1 million in campaign contributions and <br />gifts, including flights, vacations and hotel rooms. .<br />In 2018, the trial ended with a hung jury, <br />and the charges were eventually dropped
