America in Brief: US Senator Found Guilty in Corruption Trial

U.S. Sen. Bob Mendendez has been found guilty in a corruption trial for bribery and acting as an illegal foreign agent. Mr. Menendez, a Democrat who was formerly head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was accused of abusing his position to enrich others, including his wife, and now potentially faces decades in prison. Prosecutors accused the senator of accepting luxurious gifts such as gold bars, a Mercedes Benz, and $40,000 in cash and aiding the Egyptian and Qatari governments in a nine-week trial that ended after 12 hours of deliberations over three days. He was accused of accepting bribes from New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, who were convicted after going on trial alongside Mr. Menendez, and a third businessman who has pleaded not guilty....