Overview

• Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, have been hit with new charges of obstruction of justice in a superseding indictment.
• The charges are related to their alleged attempts to cover up bribe payments as loans to federal prosecutors.
• These new charges come on top of previous allegations that Menendez acted as a foreign agent for Egypt and Qatar, accepting bribes in exchange for political influence.
• One of Menendez's co-defendants, Jose Uribe, pleaded guilty last week and agreed to cooperate with the investigation.
• Menendez has denied any wrongdoing and accused prosecutors of targeting him, resisting calls to resign from the Senate.