The wife of the former American Senator Bob Menendes was convicted of the bribery trial Corruption news

Nadine Menendes, 58, is guilty of bribery and fraud related to the use of her husband’s effect on behalf of Egypt.

Club Bob MinendesHe was condemned to accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for trying to use the impact of her husband for the benefit of Egyptian officials and businessmen in New Jersey.

Nadine Mainindes, 58, was condemned on Monday from all the 15 charges she faced, including bribery, wires, sincere services and conspiracy to the General Officer of Action as a foreign agent. It will be sentenced by the American boycott judge, Sydney Stein, Manhattan on June 12.

The condemnation comes after Bob Menendes, a democratic representing New Jersey for 18 and a half years, was sentenced to January to January to 11 years.

“Nadine Menendes and the Senator Mindez were partners in the crime,” American lawyer Matthew Podolski said in a statement on Monday after the verdict.

“Together, Nadine Mainindes and Al -Sanator put their interests and greed before the interests of the citizens who were elected Senator to serve.”

Outside the court, Mindez, who admitted that she was not guilty, wore a pink mask as she was standing next to her lawyer, Barry Cuborn, who said he “destroyed the ruling.”

He said: “We fought hard and hurt me.” “This is a very difficult day for us.”

Chairman of the Senate Committee for Foreign Relations, former Chairman of the Senate Committee American military aidIn addition to interfering in local prosecutions of businessmen, in exchange for bribes including gold, cash and Mercedes Benz.

Bob Menendes, 71, resigned from the Senate the following month.

The evidence showed by the jury followed a three -week trial of the timeline of romance between the spouses that started in early 2018 and continued after criminal charges against them in September 2023.

Nadine Menendes had a trial with her husband for her alleged role in his scheme, but her trial was postponed after her lawyers said she needed to treat breast cancer.

Prosecutors said that New Jersey’s businessman Will Hana arranged meetings between Senator and Egyptian officials, who pressed him to sign military aid.

On the other hand, businessman Nadine Mindez put on the salaries he controlled, the prosecutors said.

Prosecutors also said that Hana and Nadine Mindez had informed requests and directives from Egyptian officials to Senator.

Hana was convicted with Bob Menendes and sentenced to more than eight years in prison.

The other defendant, Farid Dibs, was convicted of a seven -year prison. Prosecutors said that Deps wanted to protect him from a criminal case he was facing in New Jersey.

Prosecutors said that the spouses also obtained Mercedes -Benz from businessman Jose Orepe against Bob Menendez using his influence to pressure the office of the Prosecutor in New Jersey to stop investigating some Urbani partners.

Manendez was the first American Senator in the country’s history to condemn the behavior as a foreign customer.