


Senator Robert Menendez (D., N.J.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was indicted on corruption charges by federal prosecutors on Friday morning in a Manhattan court.
The unsealed indictment revealed that Menendez’s wife, Nadine, New Jersey real estate mogul Fred Daibes, and two other associates are being charged along side the lawmaker.
In 2015, Menendez was indicted on bribery charges in a case in which federal prosecutors alleged the senator traded political influence for kickbacks, including extravagant trips and campaign donations. “This is not how my career is going to end,” Menendez said during a press conference at the time in Newark. “Today contradicts my public service career and my entire life.”
The subsequent trial resulted in a hung jury in November 2017.