# US Senator Bob Menendez convicted on all counts in federal bribery trial

Date: 2024

On 16 July 2024, a federal jury in the Southern District of New York convicted then–US Senator Robert 'Bob' Menendez of New Jersey on all 16 counts, including bribery, extortion, obstruction of justice and acting as a foreign agent, after a nine-week trial. Prosecutors showed he accepted gold bars, cash and a luxury car in exchange for using his office to benefit three businessmen and the governments of Egypt and Qatar while chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He became the first sitting member of Congress convicted of acting as a foreign agent. The case was brought by the office of US Attorney Damian Williams.

## Drivers

- State capture pressure: https://factrail.ai/drivers/gov-state-capture-pressure
- Anti-corruption enforcement capacity: https://factrail.ai/drivers/gov-anti-corruption-enforcement

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