新泽西州民主党参议员罗伯特·梅嫩德斯面临着对不当行为的其他指控包含在周二在纽约返回的替代起诉书中。

取代起诉书指控梅嫩德斯，谁有对之前的所有指控拒不认罪用对卡塔尔的积极评价来换取贵重物品，包括豪华手表。

2023年9月28日，新泽西州民主党参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯离开国会大厦的参议院大厅。一名联邦法官拒绝了梅嫩德斯将贿赂审判推迟两个月的请求。

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根据新的起诉书，梅嫩德斯涉嫌提供的豪华手表价值在1万至2.4万美元之间。

起诉书援引共同被告弗雷德·戴贝斯(Fred Daibes)在发给梅嫩德斯的一封邮件中的话称，“来一个怎么样?”。

检察官说，梅嫩德斯和戴贝斯参加了卡塔尔政府在曼哈顿举办的一次活动。

两天后，2021年9月29日，戴贝斯向梅嫩德斯发送了一条关于参议院支持卡塔尔的决议的信息，因为卡塔尔投资公司考虑与戴贝斯进行房地产投资。

检察官说，到2022年3月，卡塔尔人向门德斯的妻子纳丁·梅嫩德斯提供了佛罗里达州一级方程式大奖赛的门票，到2023年，卡塔尔投资公司与戴贝斯完成了价值数千万美元的合资企业。

根据起诉书，梅嫩德斯“继续从卡塔尔人那里接受有价值的东西”。

梅嫩德斯被控阴谋充当埃及的代理人以及其他罪名，定于5月受审。他要求延期两个月，以解释他的律师所说的需要更多时间审查的大量证据。

参议员说他不会下台并强烈谴责这些指控。

审判定于5月6日开始。

Sen. Bob Menendez facing even more allegations in new superseding indictment

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., facesadditional allegations of wrongdoingcontained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York.

The superseding indictment accuses Menendez, who haspleaded not guilty to all prior counts, of making positive comments about Qatar in exchange for items of value, including luxury wristwatches.

According to the new indictment, the luxury wristwatches Menendez was allegedly offered were valued between $10,000 and $24,000.

"How about one of these," the indictment quoted co-defendant Fred Daibes saying in a message he sent to Menendez along with photos of the watches.

Menendez and Daibes had attended an event in Manhattan hosted by the Qatari government, prosecutors said.

Two days later on Sept. 29, 2021, Daibes sent Menendez a message about a Senate resolution supportive of Qatar as the Qatari Investment Company considered a real estate investment with Daibes.

By March 2022 the Qataris were offering Mendendez's wife, Nadine Menendez, tickets to the Formula One Grand Prix in Florida, prosecutors said, and by 2023 the Qatari Investment Company completed a joint venture with Daibes worth tens of millions of dollars.

According to the indictment, Menendez "continued to receive things of value" from the Qataris.

Menendez, who has been charged with conspiring to act as an agent of Egypt and other alleged offenses, is scheduled to stand trial in May. He had sought a two-month delay to account for what his lawyers described as voluminous evidence that required more time to examine.

The senator has said hewill not step down from officeand has strongly denounced the charges.

The trial is set to begin May 6.