On June 17, 2025, former US senator Bob Menendez showed up to federal prison to begin his 11 year sentence for bribery. From 2018 to 2022, Menendez and his wife Nadine Menendez exercised extreme abuse of power, specifically in relation to Bob's position as the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and throughout his tenure as a member of the Senate from 2006 to 2022. 

So, who is Bob? Let’s paint a picture of how this career politician devolved into selling his own clout for bribes, becoming the “Gold Bar Bob” that we know today.

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 Robert Menendez

 local politics

state senate seat

Kosovo Resolution

U.S. military against the former

Yugoslavia

early adopter

 military force

 authorize the invasion

 UN Reform Act of 2005

Patriot Act

 op-ed

voting for

supporting

immigration reform

 helm of the Foreign Relations Committee

did not approve

loved sanctions

staunch supporter of Ukraine

operated

wrote

found

raided the office

questioning

Senate Ethics Committee.  

DOJ indicted

stepped down

trial began 

dropping

dropping

strongly shaped 

McDonnell v. United States

here

crime

Hobbs Act

Bob Menendez

Nadine Menendez

Wael/Will Hana

Fred Daibes

Jose Uribe

reported

October 9th

Merriam Webster

 three judge panel 

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