US Senator Convicted of 16 Corruption Counts

A federal jury in New York found U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, guilty of 16 corruption charges on Tuesday, the 16th, and the verdict will be announced on the 29th.

According to the newspaper News agencyProsecutors accused Menendez of taking bribes in gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen, acting as a foreign agent on behalf of Egypt to obtain U.S. military aid, and using his position to protect allies and enrich partners.

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Menendez maintains his innocence and said he plans to appeal the decision. “I have never been anything but a patriot of my country and my country. I have never been a foreign agent,” the U.S. senator declared.

The Democrat justified that he was only performing his duties as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and that the gold bars found by the FBI in his home belonged to his wife, Nadine Menendez.

The wife of the US Senator was also accused.

The US senator’s wife was also charged, but her trial was delayed because she had surgery to remove breast cancer. She also says she is innocent. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Menendez to resign after the verdict.

Menendez, now 70, faces a potentially lengthy sentence, with the most serious charges carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison each. Two New Jersey businessmen were also convicted of paying bribes in the same trial.

Members of the US Congress accuse schools of allowing anti-Semitic acts.

During a May 8 hearing of the U.S. House Education and Workforce Subcommittee, school administrators from New York, Maryland, and California were called to discuss Accusations of anti-Semitism in its institutions.

Members of Congress have expressed concerns about tolerance of anti-Semitic behavior in schools.

School district representatives stated that they do not tolerate anti-Semitism and have implemented educational and disciplinary measures to combat speech that harms the Jewish people.

However, the subcommittee’s Republican chairman, Florida Congressman Aaron Bean, noted that 246 anti-Semitic acts had been recorded in the territories since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, including incidents of students imitating Hitler and chanting phrases such as “kill the Jews.”