Quid Pro Whoa: Feds Drop Bombshell Bribery Indictment on Sen. Robert Menendez

Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) provided "sensitive" U.S. government information to foreign intelligence officials and pressured federal prosecutors to go easy on one of his friends in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars, and luxury items, according to a bombshell indictment released Friday. Prosecutors describe Menendez’s "corrupt relationship" with three New Jersey business associates in the indictment. Menendez allegedly pressured officials in the U.S. Department of Energy, State Department, and U.S. attorney’s office to help his associates obtain business contracts and to "disrupt" a federal...