New obstruction of justice crimes were added Tuesday to charges against Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife that allege they accepted gold bars, cash and a luxury car in return for favors the senator carried out to assist three businessmen.The charges were in a rewritten indictment returned against the Democrat in Manhattan federal court.Conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice charges were added against Menendez and his wife, Nadine.
Prosecutors allege that Menendez also caused his lawyer to say in the September meeting that Menendez in 2022 had learned that the payments were loans.The prosecutors wrote that Menendez knew and "had learned of both the mortgage company payment and the car payments prior to 2022, and they were not loans, but bribe payments.
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