Bob Menendez
The wife of Gov. Phil Murphy said she would not “waste resources” attacking her opponent, Rep. Andy Kim, with “so much at stake for our nation.”
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.