Menendez and his wife Nadine were indicted on federal bribery charges on Friday.
The signature at the bottom of the federal indictment released Friday charging Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., his wife Nadine, and three alleged accomplices with bribery, belongs to Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Federal investigators allege they found money stuffed in Menendez jackets when they executed a search warrant in June 2022.Fingerprints belonging to the driver of co-defendant Fred Daibes were found on at least one of the envelopes, as well as his DNA and his return address, prosecutors said."Thank you,” Nadine Menendez texted Daibes around Jan. 24, 2022, according to the indictment. “Christmas in January.
Two other co-defendants in the case — Jose Uribe and Wael Hana — bought the Mercedes-Benz for Menendez’s wife in return for the Senator interfering in a state criminal prosecution of a Uribe associate charged with insurance fraud and an investigation of a family member who worked for him, according to the indictment.
Later, Nadine Menendez forwarded to her husband a request from an Egyptian official to edit a request to the U.S. Senate to support $300 million in aid for Egypt.
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