Jury Convicts NJ Senator Bob Menendez of Taking Bribes from Egypt & Qatar
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6P9GZ)
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of corruption on all 16 counts he faced. He was found guilty of bribery, wire fraud, extortion, obstruction of justice, conspiracy and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt. Award-winning investigative reporter Bob Hennelly, who has been covering Menendez for decades, says it's a condemnation of the political culture of New Jersey that's corrupt."