Fox News’ Jesse Watters claims Senator Robert Menendez is the victim of a CIA smear as part of a conspiracy to help Democrats Written by Media Matters Staff Published 09/29/23 9:30 PM EDT Video file Citation From the September 29, 2023, edition of Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime JESSE WATTERS (HOST): Gold Bar [Bob Menendez] is sticking out so Langley shifted to Plan B. The CIA now says Gold Bar Bob was a spy. Former intelligence agents told The Intercept, "It certainly appears like the Egyptian government was using a classic source-recruitment pattern to get Menendez and his wife to spy for them." Another one says the evidence suggests they viewed Menendez as a source, "possibly assisting Egyptian intelligence in more covert and damaging ways." So Gold Bob Bar is not just greedy, he's a traitor. This is the same Trump playbook they used last time. They just switched countries from Russia to Egypt. But why was Gold Bar Bob such a threat to Democrats since Democrats have been taking bribes for decades?