US Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, arrive at the US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on September 27, 2023. Federal prosecutors charged Menendez and Arslanian, on September 22, 2023, with bribery and extortion, saying gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash had been found at their home. In one of several allegations, the Justice Department said Menendez had provided sensitive information to the Egyptian government in order to help an Egyptian-American businessman protect his monopoly. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)