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Federal bribery charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and his wife tied to their alleged “corrupt relationship” with three New Jersey businessmen were announced September 22 by the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. Prosecutors say Menendez and his wife, Nadine, agreed to and accepted “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes in exchange for using the senator’s “power and influence” to enrich the three — Wael “Will” Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibe — as well as benefit Egypt. The bribes included “cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle and other things of value,” according to the indictment.
