{"id":2425915,"date":"2025-04-21T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nadine-menendez-convicted-in-corruption-case-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:42:19","slug":"nadine-menendez-convicted-in-corruption-case-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nadine-menendez-convicted-in-corruption-case-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadine Menendez convicted in corruption case &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnadine-menendez-convicted-in-corruption-case-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425915&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nadine Menendez, the wife of former Senator Bob Menendez, has been convicted in a federal bribery trial after being accused of collaborating with her husband in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">trading political favors<\/a> for money, gold bars, and a luxury car. Both were charged with corruption, and Nadine was found guilty of bribery, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy, among other charges. Her sentencing is scheduled for june, coinciding with her husband\u2019s own prison term for similar offenses. The couple&#8217;s legal troubles began after the prosecution alleged their involvement in a corrupt agreement with Egyptian officials. Nadine\u2019s trial had previously been delayed due to her breast cancer treatment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nadine Menendez, wife of former senator, convicted in corruption case<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1711138\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Nadine Menendez was found guilty in her federal bribery trial, months after her husband, former Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-menendez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bob Menendez<\/a> (D-NJ), was convicted for similar crimes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors had alleged the couple were &ldquo;partners in crime&rdquo; as they traded political favors for cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes-Benz convertible.&nbsp;She was found guilty on Monday of bribery, obstruction of justice, conspiracy to commit those crimes, and other related counts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3386319\/google-monopoly-case-begins-justice-department\/\">Google: Justice Department throwing &#8216;caution to the wind&#8217; as monopoly case begins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3386240\/supreme-court-alito-dissent-highlights-concern-over-scotus-shortcuts\/\">&#8216;Enough of this&#8217;: Alito&rsquo;s dissent highlights concern over SCOTUS shortcuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3386363\/trump-alien-enemies-act-venezuelan-migrants-supreme-court-due-process\/\">Venezuelan migrants urge Supreme Court to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alitos-dissent-highlights-concern-over-scotus-shortcuts\/\" title=\"Alito\u2019s dissent highlights concern over SCOTUS shortcuts\">clarify due process<\/a> under Alien Enemies Act<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Her sentencing date is in June, when the former senator will report to prison for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3304805\/bob-menendez-sentenced-corruption-bribery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">11-year sentence<\/a>. Nadine faces a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cop-sentenced-to-7-years-for-carrying-a-large-wooden-stick-on-jan-6\/\" title=\"Ex-Cop Sentenced to 7 Years for Carrying a &quot;Large Wooden Stick&quot; on Jan 6\">similar lengthy term<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nadine, 58, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/us-senator-robert-menendez-his-wife-and-three-new-jersey-businessmen-charged-bribery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">indicted<\/a> in September 2023 on bribery charges with her husband, but her trial was delayed due to her breast cancer treatment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bob was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3085035\/bob-menendez-guilty-on-all-counts-bribery-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">convicted<\/a> last year on all 16 counts in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-senator-bob-menendezs-approval-rating-plunges-to-single-digits\/\" title=\"......s approval rating drops to single digits following indictment.\">federal corruption trial<\/a>. He was the first sitting member of Congress to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent. A jury found him guilty of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3351244\/bob-menendez-trump-delay-wife-nadine-menendez-corruption-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BOB MENENDEZ ASKS FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S HELP IN EFFORT TO DELAY WIFE&rsquo;S CORRUPTION TRIAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly into their relationship, Nadine introduced Bob to Egyptian intelligence and military officials, according to the prosecution, adding that those introductions established a corrupt agreement between his Senate office and Egyptian leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The senator served as the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations chairman when he was indicted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1711138\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1711138\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nadine Menendez, wife of ex-senator, convicted in bribery case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2425916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AP25111726219775-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[53480,47387,53844,32603,32076],"class_list":["post-2425915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-conviction-2","tag-corruption-case","tag-nadine-menendez","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AP25111726219775-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425915"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425919,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425915\/revisions\/2425919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}