New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's possible prison sentence may be about to get even longer. 

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Tuesday filed fresh obstruction charges against Menendez, accusing him of lying to investigators.

The specific charge alleges that Menendez falsely claimed he was only made aware of various mortgage and car payments that two businessmen gave to his wife, Nadline Arslanian, in 2022. 

“In truth and in fact, and as Menendez well knew, Menendez had learned of both the mortgage company payment and the car payments prior to 2022, and they were not loans, but bribe payments,” prosecutors wrote in their latest indictment. 

BREAKING: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and his wife have been charged with obstruction of justice in a superseding indictment in the bribery case against him. pic.twitter.com/y4nAj1yNeY

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The latest indictment comes after Menendez's co-defendant, Jose Uribe, agreed to a plea deal regarding charges including conspiracy to commit bribery, obstruction of justice, and tax evasion.

Under the terms of the plea deal, Uribe must “truthfully and completely disclose all information with respect to the activities of himself and others concerning all matters about which this Office inquires of him, which information can be used for any purpose.”

Among the charges against Uribe included claims he offered Menendez and his wife a Mercedes-Benz convertible, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars, and other significant benefits in return for the Senator intervening in a criminal investigation by New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin. 

BREAKING: Senator Bob Menendez and wife Nadine Menendez have been charged with obstruction of justice.

The Senator allegedly was bribed hundred of thousands of dollars to help the government of Egypt.

It included included gold bars, cash and a luxury convertible. pic.twitter.com/EQFfz6CAO2

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Menendez is also accused of handing over sensitive data to the Egyptian government and using his influence as a senator to pressure the U.S. Agriculture Department to protect one of the country's largest conglomerates. 

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams explained at the time: 

As the grand jury charged, between 2018 and 2022, Senator Menendez and his wife engaged in a corrupt relationship with Wael Hana, Jose Uribe, and Fred Daibes – three New Jersey businessmen who collectively paid hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes, including cash, gold, a Mercedes Benz, and other things of value – in exchange for Senator Menendez agreeing to use his power and influence to protect and enrich those businessmen and to benefit the Government of Egypt.  

Despite widespread calls from fellow Democrats to resign, Menendez has repeatedly refused to do so and has maintained his total innocence.

"Those who believe in justice believe in innocence until proven guilty," Menendez said at the time of the indictment. "I intend to continue to fight for the people of New Jersey with the same success I’ve had for the past five decades. This is the same record of success these very same leaders have lauded all along."