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The saga of Sen. Bob Menendez

Stacks of cash, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and arms sales to Egypt – they’re all in the details of the federal indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez. This week, the New Jersey Democrat pleaded not guilty. So what’s next for the embattled senator?  Read more: The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/22/menendez-indictment/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">indictments against Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife are stunning</a>, with investigators finding envelopes filled with cash and gold bars in the senator’s home. It is considered one of the more serious political corruption cases involving a U.S. senator. It is also not the first indictment involving Menendez, who faces a reelection campaign. Issac Stanley-Becker, a national investigative reporter for The Post, breaks down <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/23/bob-menendez-indictment-gold-egypt/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">the case against Menendez</a>, how his previous corruption trial ended in a hung jury, and why this new indictment matters for the Democratic Party.

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