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A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced former Sen. Bob Menendez, the only sitting senator ever to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent, to 11 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for helping three businessmen and the governments of Egypt and …

Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Bob Menendez, convicted of bribery and acting as a foreign agent last month, is scheduled to resign in one week, and Gov. Phil Murphy has not divulged who he will name to take the senior senator’s place. In a CNN interview Tuesday morning, Murphy …

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Bob Menendez intends to resign from the U.S. Senate effective Aug. 20, ending a 50-year career of public service that ended in disgrace when he was convicted on corruption charges. Menendez, 70, initially resisted calls to resign following his September indictment and ignored reporters’ …

Jimmy Williams Senator Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has reportedly informed allies of his intention to resign from Congress following his recent conviction on federal corruption charges, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke with NBC News. The resignation would mark the end of Menendez’s extensive political career, which …

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted Tuesday of taking bribes to do favors for Egypt and Qatar and to meddle in two criminal cases to help three New Jersey businessmen in a case the chief prosecutor said revealed “shocking levels of corruption.” The jury’s verdict of …

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Nine weeks after it started, the federal bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez is finally headed to the weary jury, with deliberations expected to start at the federal courthouse in Manhattan by midday Friday. Judge Sidney H. Stein began instructing jurors Thursday afternoon, after prosecutor …

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor In texts, emails, and voicemails, Nadine Arslanian gushed like a smitten teenager soon after she began dating Sen. Bob Menendez in 2018, addressing him as “mon amour,” “love of my life,” and “my very handsome senator.” She followed those sweet nothings with requests that ran …

Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Federal authorities issued a new superseding indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez Tuesday, accusing the former head of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee of accepting bribes to benefit both the government of Qatar and a friend who was looking to hook a Qatari investor for …

Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor Federal authorities unveiled a superseding indictment Thursday against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez accusing the senator of acting as a foreign agent for Egypt while serving as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York alleges Menendez, …

Ariana Figueroa, Wisconsin Examiner More than two dozen U.S. Senate Democrats are calling on New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez to resign following his indictment on corruption charges for the second time. In a statement Tuesday, Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin called the charges against Menendez “deeply troubling” and said …

Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to three bribery and corruption charges in a New York federal courthouse Wednesday morning, days after an unsealed indictment alleged the senator received cash, gold bars, and a luxury car in exchange for his political influence. Menendez, a Democrat, was …

Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor Sen. Cory Booker called on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign Tuesday, days after New Jersey’s senior senator was indicted on corruption charges for the second time. Booker had been the most high-profile Democrat in the state not to comment on Menendez’s indictment or call on …

Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey has rejected calls for his resignation following his indictment on federal bribery charges. In his first public comments on the allegations, Menendez maintained his innocence and vowed to fight the charges. “I recognize this will be the biggest fight yet,” Menendez said, adding, …

New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday became the first progressive House Democrat to call on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign following the former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair’s indictment last week on federal bribery charges. Menendez (D-N.J.) and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were charged Friday with accepting hundreds of …

Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor Federal authorities indicted U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez for the second time Friday, charging him with conspiracy to commit bribery and related offenses over his alleged aid to a North Jersey businessman and an attempt to disrupt criminal probes into allies. Menendez, a Democrat and New Jersey’s …