From The New York Times:
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was convicted on all counts in a sweeping scheme to sell his office to foreign powers and crooked businessmen in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, a luxury car and bars of solid gold.
A jury of 12 New Yorkers convicted him on charges including honest services wire fraud, bribery and extortion — 16 counts in all. Their verdict makes Mr. Menendez, a Democrat whose term expires at year’s end, only the seventh sitting U.S. senator to be convicted of a federal crime. Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, called on Mr. Menendez to resign minutes after the verdict was read.
