[Source.](https://abcnews.go.com/US/sen-bob-menendez-federal-corruption-trial-verdict/story?id=111295557) > Menendez was charged with 16 federal counts. > Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty on all counts Tuesday in his federal corruption trial. > Federal prosecutors in New York alleged the New Jersey Democrat accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, mortgage payments and more in exchange for the senator's political clout. Three New Jersey businessmen who were also charged, along with the governments of Egypt and Qatar, were the alleged recipients. > Menendez pleaded not guilty to 16 federal charges including bribery, fraud, acting as a foreign agent and obstruction.