Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was indicted for a fourth time on Tuesday on superseding charges of extortion and obstruction of justice related to his bribery case in Manhattan.
Menendez, 70, and his wife Nadine were charged alongside co-defendants Wael Hana and Fred Daibes on 18 counts as part of a bribery scheme to benefit the New Jersey businessmen, the Egyptian government and Qatar, a new court filing shows.
The bribes included more than $500,000 in cash, over $150,000 in gold bars, home mortgage payments, payments for a “low-or-no-show job” and Mercedes-Benz convertible, among other things.
A spokesman for the US Attorney’s Office from the Southern District of New York, which announced the charges, declined to comment.
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