Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has been charged with obstruction of justice in a far-reaching corruption case focused on whether he used his influence as New Jersey’s senior senator to enrich himself and his wife.
The Justice Department first charged Menendez in September, accusing him of benefitting the governments of Egypt and then Qatar in his capacity as a senator. Until the indictment, Menendez served as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The latest indictment, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, adds to the cloud of scandal surrounding the senator as he weighs whether to run for another term in the Senate.
Just days earlier, one of his associates, Jose Uribe, pleaded guilty to bribing the senator’s wife in exchange for his intervention in a state insurance fraud investigation.
That alleged favor —
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