 First thing you need to know before tomorrow, Bob Menendez, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been convicted of bribery, obstruction of justice, wire fraud and other charges. A jury in New York convicted him on all 16 counts of taking bribes to help the nations of Egypt and Qatar through his role in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This is the second time Menendez has been tried for public corruption. The first time in 2017 resulted in a hung jury and a mistrial.