Bob Menendez is putting Egypt in the headlines once again — possibly for the very last time

Bob Menendez is putting Egypt in the headlines once again — possibly for the very last time — as the former US senator from New Jersey was yesterday sentenced to 11 years in prison on charges of corruption and bribery that allegedly saw him accept gold bars, money and a Mercedes-Benz to covertly aid Egypt. Menendez — now reportedly mocked as Gold Bar Bob, according to his lawyers — took to X following the ruling to call out the trial as “a political witch hunt” and affirming that he would file an appeal. (New York Times | BBC | Washington Post | AP News)