Bob Menendez convicted of corruption
by editors@theworld.org (Shirin Jaafari) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6P9W4)
Robert Menendez , a New Jersey senator, and former head of the Senate foreign relations committee, has been convicted of bribery, fraud and extortion. The jury in the Manhattan court found Menendez guilty of acting on behalf of Egyptian intelligence and steering financial aid and weapons to the country. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.