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Sarah, what do you remember about the first part of our series on Bob and Nadine Menendez?

Well, first of all, they are not the Menendez brothers.

No, they're somebody else. First things first, these are different people.

Yeah.

Second of all, Bob Menendez kind of worked his way up from nothing into being a part of the

Senate and him and his freaky wife and Edine are living large on bribes because they're

getting paid to help foreign militaries, I guess.

Yeah, Sarah, they were just a couple of crazy kids in love.

You know how it is.

Yeah, you know, they found love in a hopeless place, and what am I supposed to do, fault them for that?

Well, lucky you, because today I'm going to tell you what becomes of our scummy, star-crossed lovers.

It's September 25, 2023, and dozens of reporters are crowded into a dimly lit room at Hudson County Community College in Union City, New Jersey.

Rain is beating against the windows,

and everyone is waiting for Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez

to make his first comment since he was indicted for bribery.

Bob was charged two days ago, along with his wife Nadine,

and several of their associates.

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