Menendez was previously indicted last month alongside his wife.
Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2023. Photo: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIn a superseding indictment Thursday, prosecutors charged Menendez under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires acting on behalf of foreign governments, companies, and other entities to register with the U.S. Department of Justice.
In exchange for the pair's promise that Menendez would "use his power and authority to facilitate such sales and financing to Egypt," Hana promised to put Nadine on the payroll of his company in a "low-or-no-show job," among other things. At one of those dinners with Hana in 2018, the senator allegedly disclosed "nonpublic information about the United States's provision of military aid to Egypt," the indictment alleges.
Menendez also "secretly edited and ghost-wrote" a letter "on behalf of Egypt" trying to convince other senators to release a hold on $300 million in aid to the country, per the indictment. In or around March 2018, Menendez, his wife and Hana met with Egyptian military officials at the senator's office and discussed "foreign military financing to Egypt," the superseding indictment says. Photo: Superseding indictment/SDNYMenendez and his wife were previously accused of accepting bribes in exchange for using his power to benefit three New Jersey businessmen.
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