Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was hit with a superseding indictment on Thursday accusing him of accepting bribes from the Egyptian government and acting as a foreign agent while he served as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, NBC News reports. A Manhattan grand jury handed up an indictment on Thursday alleging that Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.” He could face up to two years in prison on the new charges.
Menendez and his wife Nadine pleaded not guilty last month to corruption charges alleging that they used his influence to collect hundreds of thousands in bribes. The new indictment alleges that Nadine Menendez and New Jersey businessman Wael Hana “worked to introduce Egyptian intelligence and military officials to Menendez for the purpose of establishing and solidifying a corrupt agreement.”
