Senator Bob Menendez , Faces Indictment for Bribery.br ABC News reports that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, br the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is facing a sweeping indictment by a federal grand jury.br ABC News reports that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, br the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is facing a sweeping indictment by a federal grand jury.br Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, who was br also indicted, are accused of receiving gifts in br exchange for the senator's power and influence.br Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, who was br also indicted, are accused of receiving gifts in br exchange for the senator's power and influence.br The gifts were allegedly associated with a corrupt br relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, br Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daides.br The gifts were allegedly associated with a corrupt br relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, br Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daides.br According to the indictment, Menendez br and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands br of dollars in bribes from the businessmen. .br According to the indictment, Menendez br and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands br of dollars in bribes from the businessmen. .br Those bribes included cash, br gold, payments toward a home br mortgage, compensation for br a low-or-no-show job, a luxury br vehicle and other things of value, Bob Menendez indictment, via ABC.br Federal agents searched Menendez's New Jersey br home in June of 2022, finding evidence of br the pair's "corrupt bribery agreement.".br ABC reports that the evidence included br over $480,000 in cash, as well as $70,000 br found in Nadine Menendez's safe deposit box.br In April of 2015, Menendez was indicted on br corruption charges regarding his relationship br with Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor.br In that case, Menendez was accused of accepting br close to $1 million in campaign contributions and br gifts, including flights, vacations and hotel rooms. .br In that case, Menendez was accused of accepting br close to $1 million in campaign contributions and br gifts, including flights, vacations and hotel rooms. .