Former N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison
Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday on 16 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
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Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday on 16 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
CBS News projects that Rep. Andy Kim has won the Democratic New Jersey Senate primary for the seat held by federally indicted Sen. Bob Menendez.
A former top U.S. agricultural official testified that Menendez tried to stop him from disrupting a halal certification monopoly that Egypt awarded to one of his constituents.
Earlier this month, the New Jersey senator and his wife were indicted on new charges that they conspired to act as foreign agents for Egypt.
New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, have been accused by the Justice Department of conspiring to act as a foreign agent for Egypt.
CBS News has learned the FBI is investigating whether Egypt's intelligence services tried to gain access to Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey through his wife Nadine. Menendez and his wife pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges of bribery, extortion and fraud. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.
Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and his wife, Nadine Menendez, appeared in a federal courtroom Wednesday where they pleaded not guilty to federal charges that they used the senator's powerful position to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. The senator was released on $100,000 bail, while his wife was released on $250,000 bail. Nikole Killion has the latest.
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges as he was arraigned Wednesday in a New York City courtroom. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more on the case.
He is one of three businessmen federally charged with coordinating hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and his wife.
A growing number of Democratic senators are calling on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign in the wake of a federal bribery indictment. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the latest.
Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey maintained his innocence Monday as he addressed reporters for the first time since he was indicted on federal bribery charges. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on the calls for Menendez to resign and the politics of the situation.
"I think the situation is quite unfortunate, but I do believe that it is in the best interest for Sen. Menendez to resign in this moment," Ocasio-Cortez told "Face the Nation."
An indictment charged Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife Nadine with bribery offenses, with prosecutors alleging they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars and lavish gifts.
Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, and his wife have been indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery charges following a yearslong public-corruption investigation by the Justice Department. The indictment unsealed Friday charges Mendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, in connection to their relationship with three New Jersey businessmen.