The New Jersey Democrat and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair had been under investigation for about a year. This is his second indictment since becoming a senator.
worth as much as $400,000. It also scrutinized any actions Menendez might have taken to help his benefactors.
Menendez has previously denied any wrongdoing. “I am sure it is going to end up in absolutely nothing,” he said of the probe in May.The indictment is the second Menendez has faced since first being elected to the Senate in 2006. He was charged in 2015 with illegally accepting favors from a Florida eye doctor, including flights on a private jet, three nights at a five-star hotel in Paris and more than $700,000 in political contributions.after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Federal prosecutors decided not to retry him.
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