New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Found Guilty in Federal Corruption Trial as He Weighs Reelection Bid

Jurors weighed 16 counts against the U.S. senator after hearing from 37 witnesses over the course of eight weeks

Menendez was indicted in September, alongside his wife Nadine, following an investigation into his business dealings with three businessmen connected to Egypt’s government.

Court filings claimed that a search warrant of the Menendez home and safe deposit box executed in June 2022 turned up “cash, gold, a luxury vehicle, and home furnishings” allegedly used to bribe the senator and his wife.

The senator was also accused of trying to “disrupt a criminal investigation and prosecution” of one of the Egyptian businessmen by recommending that President Joe Biden nominate an individual for U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey whom the senator privately “believed could be influenced.”