In February 2018, Bob Menendez and Nadine Menendez, who became husband and wife in 2020, were embroiled in an international bribery scheme soon after their first date. Federal prosecutors presented text messages and voicemails during corruption trials that indicated deliberate actions taken to facilitate a meeting with an Egyptian general, implicating Menendez in a deal involving military aid for bribes. Menendez was ultimately sentenced to 11 years in federal prison, marking the first U.S. senator to face incarceration for corruption in four decades.
"Hi, it's me, calling my very handsome senator. I have a favor to ask you. Hopefully you could do it... He needs to have some kind of clearance from Egypt as to why he's meeting a U. S. senator out of his - the embassy."
"The case revolved around what prosecutors say was a three-way deal in which Menendez was accused of helping Egypt obtain military aid from the United States, the Egyptian government giving a lucrative halal meat contract to a New Jersey businessman, and that businessman paying bribes to Bob and Nadine Menendez."
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