New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, his wife and three businessmen have been indicted on corruption-related charges.

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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has been indicted and charged with corruption for the second time in 10 years, this time along with his wife for allegedly accepting bribes including cash, gold, mortgage payments and a Mercedes-Benz.

Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, were indicted with three New Jersey businessmen and accused of a “corrupt relationship,” according to federal prosecutors in New York.

“The senator and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for Sen. Menendez using his power and influence to protect and to enrich those businessmen and to benefit the government of Egypt,” said Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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