Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was found guilty in federal court on Tuesday on all 16 counts following a two-month criminal trial where he faced charges of corruption, bribery, obstruction of justice, and conspiring to act as a foreign agent.
Menendez and his wife, whose trial is delayed as she battles breast cancer, were indicted in September for allegedly accepting bribes from three businessmen in exchange for actions that he took as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to the Department of Justice, the alleged bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt.
Prosecutors later said in a revised indictment that Menendez also allegedly used his clout to help a friend secure a multi-million dollar investment deal from the Qatari government, in part by taking actions that benefited Qatar.
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