Posted 10/12/2023, 8:54:00 PM
Senator Bob Menendez Faces New Charges of Acting as Unregistered Foreign Agent for Egypt
- U.S. Senator Bob Menendez charged with acting as unregistered agent of Egypt in alleged conspiracy.
- Prosecutors claim Menendez took actions from 2018-2022 on behalf of Egyptian officials without registering as a foreign agent.
- Menendez allegedly pressed for military aid to Egypt in exchange for a businessman putting his wife on payroll.
- Menendez calls the allegations "absurd" and has pleaded not guilty to prior corruption charges against him.
- Menendez's trial on corruption charges is set to begin in May 2023.