Menendez Found Guilty on Corruption Charges.

Well, that didn’t take very long. After only 13 hours, Robert Menendez was found guilty on all 16 counts of bribery, extortion, wire fraud, and acting as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government between 2018 and 2022. According to a report in the Washington Post, his co-defendants, Egyptian businessmen Wael Hana and real estate developer Fred Daibes, were also found guilty on similar charges. Within moments of the verdict being handed down, senate democrats were lining up, implored to resign from or otherwise be expelled from office. All of the attention on this case turns to Menendez’s wife, Nadine, who is facing trial on similar charges this fall after undergoing cancer treatment. It is a damming indictment of US politics that Menendez, who narrowly escaped being found guilty on corruption charges in 2017, would be so bold as to continue to engage in corrupt behavior while in office.

The Menendez Corruption Trial Begins.

This week, the corruption trial of Robert Menendez begins. According to a report in the AP, Menendez and his wife were arrested on bribery and corruption charges over accepting bribes from three business people, including one from Egypt. Menendez’s lawyer will claim in court that his wife was the driving force behind the bribery schemes, and he knew nothing about it. Menendez’s wife Nadine’s trial will not start until July at the earliest due to a health issue. It is unclear how the trial will play out, but whatever its outcome will ruin his reputation forever.

Menendez faces New Federal Indictment.

Yesterday, the U.S. government unsealed a new indictment relating to Robert Menendez. According to a report in the BBC, Menendez is facing new charges that he accepted gifts such as tickets to Formula One races in return for praising the Qatari government. The indictment also includes details of Menendez’s efforts to help a New Jersey Businessman, Fred Daibes, secure a lucrative investment in Qatar by making positive comments about Qatar. According to a report in the New York Times, this indictment expands upon the allegations that Menendez and his wife Nadine accepted gifts such as gold bars from the Egyptian government and failed to register as foreign agents while conducting business on behalf of Egypt. This new indictment will strengthen the government’s case into Menendez’s dodgy business doings.

Menendez Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges.

Yesterday, according to an article on NBC Bay Area, Robert Menendez was back in a federal courtroom in New York City after the indictment was rewritten to add a charge. Menendez pleaded not guilty to being a foreign agent for the government of Egypt. According to an article on CBS.com, Menendez’s wife and Wael Hama, an Egyptian-American businessmen, pleaded not guilty last week, while Menendez was allowed to delay his arraignment due to his senate commitments. Due to these allegations, Menendez has stepped down from chairing the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The trial continues.