"Sen. Bob Menendez and Wife Hit With New Obstruction Charges in Bribery Case"

Senator Bob Menendez and his wife are facing new obstruction charges in a superseding indictment filed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, related to their alleged attempts to cover up bribe payments the senator is accused of taking from New Jersey businessmen. The new charges stem from co-defendant Jose Uribe's guilty plea, in which he admitted to providing Nadine Menendez with a Mercedes-Benz convertible in exchange for the senator's help. Prosecutors allege that the couple instructed their attorneys to falsely claim that certain payments were loans when they knew they were bribes. Menendez is also accused of taking gifts in exchange for official favors and is the first sitting member of Congress to be charged with conspiracy to act as a foreign agent.