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Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts, including acting as foreign agent, in federal corruption trial
Menendez is the first senator to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent.
Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty on all counts Tuesday in his federal corruption trial.
Federal prosecutors in New York alleged the New Jersey Democrat accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, mortgage payments and more in exchange for the senator's political clout. Three New Jersey businessmen who were also charged, along with the governments of Egypt and Qatar, were the alleged recipients. Two of those co-defendants, Wael Hanna and Fred Daibes, were also convicted of all counts they faced.
The jury deliberated for about 13 hours over three days.