Jose Uribe, a New Jersey businessman charged in September with attempting to bribe Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), revealed on Thursday that he intends to plead guilty to the charges.
Appearing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday, Mr. Uribe and his lawyers filed a waiver of indictment and asked to withdraw his prior plea of not guilty. Mr. Uribe’s legal team indicated he now intends to admit guilt to counts of conspiracy to commit bribery, attempt and conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, attempted tax evasion, and obstructing justice by making false and misleading statements to federal investigators.
