Senator Bob Menendez’s legal woes have gotten worse.
The Justice Department has announced additional charges against New Jersey’s senior United States senator and his wife for conspiracy to act as a foreign agent.
Thursday’s superseding indictment alleges Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.”
Menendez and his wife, Nadine, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges last month. Federal prosecutors indicted the couple on multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
Menendez participated in the alleged bribery scheme while serving as the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
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