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New Jersey Democratic Senator Robert Menendez has been indicted for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, according to the Justice Department.
Prosecutors say Mr Menendez and his wife, Nadine, accepted gold bars and cash from three New Jersey businessmen.
The senator and his wife accepted the money to "benefit the government of Egypt", prosecutors claim.
The charges come after a years-long Justice Department investigation.
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