Pro-Armenian Senator Bob Menendez charged with bribery

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey and his wife, Nadine, have been charged in a federal corruption indictment in connection with their relationship with three businessmen from their home state.

The 39-page indictment against Menendez, a 69-year-old Democrat who leads the Senate’s foreign relations committee, follows a lengthy investigation by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, the Guardian reports.

The investigation focused on whether Menendez and his wife improperly took cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a “low-or-no-show-job”, a luxury vehicle and “other things of value”, according to the indictment.

The US attorney’s office in Manhattan has scheduled a press conference for 11am Eastern time to discuss the indictment, which also charges the three businessmen: Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes.