Sen. Bob Menendez Googled 'how much is one kilo of gold worth' around the time his wife accepted alleged bribes, indictment says

Fri, 09/22/2023 - 12:04

Gold bars and Sen. Bob Menendez — Prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, and his wife accepted gold bars as part of a bribery scheme.
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Sen. Bob Menendez Googled the price of "kilos of gold" during an alleged bribery scheme, an indictment claims.
Prosecutors allege Menendez secretly benefited the Egyptian government in exchange for "hundreds of thousands in bribes."
The senator's most recent financial disclosure showed that his wife continued to own gold bars.

Sen. Bob Menendez Googled the price of kilos of gold multiple times amid an alleged bribery scheme, according to a criminal indictment of the Democrat who leads the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

"The next day, MENENDEZ performed a web search for 'how much is one kilo of gold worth,'" the indictment claims of an October 2021 action the senator took.