Last Tuesday, Menendez and his wife were charged with obstruction of justice in a new 18-count indictment.
NEW YORK -- Sen. Bob Menendez faced arraignment Monday in Manhattan after being hit with obstruction charges last week.Last Tuesday, Menendez and his wife Nadine were charged with obstruction of justice in a new 18-count indictment.They remained silent as they entered Manhattan federal court Monday to be arraigned on new corruption charges.
What's in the new indictment?According to new court documents, the senator's wife met with Uribe after federal investigators executed search warrants at the Menendez home and, during the meeting, they allegedly discussed payments for a Mercedes-Benz convertible he gave her after prosecutors allege the senator agreed to try to influence the prosecution of someone close to Uribe. During their meeting, prosecutors said Uribe agreed he would tell investigators the car payments were loans.
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