US senator Robert Menendez, who is already facing corruption charges, has now been accused of acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.
In September, prosecutors charged Mr Menendez and his wife Nadine with accepting bribes of cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage and a luxury vehicle from three New Jersey businessmen as part of a scheme to use the senator’s influence to increase US aid and military sales to Egypt.
During a search of the senator’s New Jersey home last year, investigators found $480,000 (£393,000) in cash hidden throughout the residence, as well as 13 bars of gold bullion worth an estimated $155,000 (£127,000), prosecutors allege.
The new indictment filed by New York federal prosecutors on Thursday alleges Mr Menendez used “his influence and power to breach his official duty in ways that benefited the Government of Egypt”.
It also includes new photos of Mr Menendez and his wife, Nadine, dining with Egyptian officials at a steakhouse in Washington, DC.
“We cannot have an alleged foreign agent in the United States Senate,” Mr Fetterman said in a statement.
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US senator Robert Menendez, who is already facing corruption charges, has now been accused of acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.
In September, prosecutors charged Mr Menendez and his wife Nadine with accepting bribes of cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage and a luxury vehicle from three New Jersey businessmen as part of a scheme to use the senator’s influence to increase US aid and military sales to Egypt.
During a search of the senator’s New Jersey home last year, investigators found $480,000 (£393,000) in cash hidden throughout the residence, as well as 13 bars of gold bullion worth an estimated $155,000 (£127,000), prosecutors allege.
The new indictment filed by New York federal prosecutors on Thursday alleges Mr Menendez used “his influence and power to breach his official duty in ways that benefited the Government of Egypt”.
It also includes new photos of Mr Menendez and his wife, Nadine, dining with Egyptian officials at a steakhouse in Washington, DC.
“We cannot have an alleged foreign agent in the United States Senate,” Mr Fetterman said in a statement.
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