Overview

• On May 30, Menendez posted on X that Democrats launched politically motivated DOJ action against him in 2015 after he opposed Obama’s Iran deal.
• He was convicted in 2024 of accepting bribes from Egyptian and Qatari figures and sentenced to 11 years in prison in January.
• Menendez resigned from the Senate after his sentencing and is set to report to federal prison on June 17.
• He asserts that his removal as ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was intended to clear the way for the Iran nuclear agreement.
• Menendez has suggested former President Trump might consider granting a pardon, but Trump has not commented on the case.