Bob Menendez
It looked like New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy was on a glide path to winning the U.S. Senate primary, but Rep. Andy Kim (D) is making it a real race.
The senator, accused of accepting bribes from the Egyptian government, remains confident he’ll be exonerated in time to win another term in office.
Asked by a cop if he’d been in a crash, the New Jersey Republican said: “I don’t think so,” according to a police report.
Bob and Nadine Menendez now face a charge each of obstruction of justice, bribery, extortion, and honest services wire fraud, among other things.
In exchange for a car, Menendez was to meddle in a criminal investigation into Jose Uribe’s business associates, prosecutors charge.
Senator Bob Menendez meddled in Balkan politics while an Albanian-born donor worked with co-defendants at the halal firm at the center of bribery allegations.
Legal experts say that the allegedly corrupt power couple’s effort to split their cases looks like a legal ploy, not a prelude to divorce.