New Jersey lawmaker said Tuesday would be final day after being found guilty in New York trial last monthThe disgraced New Jersey senator Robert Menendez is expected to resign today just over a month after being convicted of bribery charges that could see him sentenced to years in prison.Menendez, 70, a three-term senator, was found guilty by a jury in a Manhattan courtroom of 16 counts of corruption, including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent. A years-long investigation found Menendez had accepted bribes in the form of cash and gold bars in exchange for helping the governments of Qatar and Egypt. Continue reading…
New Jersey lawmaker said Tuesday would be final day after being found guilty in New York trial last month
The disgraced New Jersey senator Robert Menendez is expected to resign today just over a month after being convicted of bribery charges that could see him sentenced to years in prison.
Menendez, 70, a three-term senator, was found guilty by a jury in a Manhattan courtroom of 16 counts of corruption, including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent. A years-long investigation found Menendez had accepted bribes in the form of cash and gold bars in exchange for helping the governments of Qatar and Egypt.
