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Trial of NJ Sen. Bob Menendez takes weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator
The trial of Sen. Bob Menendez grinded to a weeklong break on Tuesday after federal court jurors who were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution’s bribery case got stuck in an elevator a day after they were forced from their usual assembly room because of flooding.
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Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial focuses on his wife's NJ house
A lawyer testifying at Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says a New Jersey businessman rescued the Democrat’s then-future wife’s home from foreclosure just as the senator allegedly helped him secure a lucrative business relationship with Egypt. Attorney John Moldovan testified Monday that he was working for the businessman, Wael Hana, in July 2019 when he was asked to pay over $20,000...
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Sen. Bob Menendez reveals wife's breast cancer diagnosis as corruption trial continues
With Sen. Bob Menandez’s trial in full swing, he revealed his wife Nadine has breast cancer. That’s why she’s not currently facing trial alongside her husband. The announcement came as defense lawyers for two businessmen said the men did give gifts to the senator’s wife, but they were not part of any bribery scheme. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst...
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Sen. Bob Menendez reveals his wife has breast cancer as his trial focuses on FBI raid of his home
Sen. Bob Menendez says his wife has breast cancer and will require a mastectomy, a revelation made just as the presentation of evidence began at his New York bribery trial. The New Jersey Democrat said in a statement Thursday there was concern about the seriousness and advanced stage of the disease that was recently diagnosed for Nadine Menendez. She was...
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Sen. Bob Menendez called corrupt, accused of trading power for gold and cash in trial's open
The corruption trial for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez got underway Wednesday after the full jury was seated. Prosecutors stepped up first with their opening statements, arguing the senator took gold bars and cash in bribes — a claim that the defense countered, saying Menendez is “an American patriot.” NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports
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Sen. Bob Menendez called corrupt, accused of trading power for gold and cash in trial's open
At the start of his corruption trial in New York City, a federal jury was alternately introduced to Bob Menendez as a bribe-taking U.S. senator who betrayed his country, and as an American patriot.
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Jury selection begins in New York for Senator Menendez's trial
Jury selection began in the federal criminal trial against New Jersey’s U.S. Senator Bob Menendez. Prosecutors accused the Senator of taking bribes that included cash and gold bars to which Menendez pleaded not guilty. Jurors arrived in the courtroom on Monday in New York City. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the story.
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Menendez's second corruption trial gets underway with jury selection
Sen Bob Menendez, a Democrat, went on trial in Manhattan federal court Monday, accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would help three New Jersey businessmen. Menendez, 70, sat with his lawyers and listened as Judge Sidney H. Stein told two separate groups of 50 prospective jurors about the charges against Menendez and two...
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Sen. Bob Menendez faces his second corruption trial Monday. This time, it involves gold bars
For the second time in a decade, Sen. Bob Menendez is finding his political career and freedom on the line in a federal criminal case that already has forced him out of one of the Senate’s most powerful posts. The New Jersey Democrat goes to trial Monday in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors say he and his wife accepted gold bars,...
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Start of Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial is delayed a week to mid-May
The start of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial was pushed back a week to mid-May on Friday after lawyers agreed the extra days would aid trial preparation.
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Sen. Bob Menendez may blame alleged crimes on wife if he testifies: Court documents
Sen. Robert Menendez may blame his wife if he takes the stand during his trial, claiming she was the one getting the money and hiding the truth from him, according to court filings.
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Sen. Bob Menendez and wife plead not guilty to newest obstruction, bribery charges
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine were hit last week with more criminal charges in an alleged corruption case involving gold bars, a luxury car and other alleged bribes, according to federal prosecutors.
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Bob Menendez and wife charged with obstruction, accused of trying to cover up bribes
New Jersey. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine were hit with more criminal charges in an alleged corruption case involving gold bars, a luxury car and other alleged bribes, according to federal prosecutors.
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Judge rejects Menendez's claims search warrants in bribery case were unconstitutional
A federal judge on Monday rejected U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s claims that search warrants that led to corruption charges and the discovery of gold bars and cash at his New Jersey home were unconstitutional.
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Sen. Bob Menendez co-defendant pleads guilty to conspiracy, will cooperate with prosecutors
A co-defendant in the corruption investigation into New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez who was accused of giving the senator’s wife a luxury convertible has agreed to plead guilty and will cooperate with prosecutors, NBC New York has learned.
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Nadine Menendez claimed she inherited gold bars after mother's death, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife told at least two people that she inherited gold bars from her mother — the same gold bars the FBI has alleged were part of payments to the senator and his wife as part of a wide-ranging bribery scheme.
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Sen. Bob Menendez says gold bars and cash at his home were illegally found and seized
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez wants a New York judge to toss out much of the evidence in the bribery prosecution against him, saying investigators illegally searched his residence as revenge because the Democrat defeated a prior prosecution in his home state.
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Menendez seeks dismissal of criminal charges. His lawyers say prosecutors ‘distort reality'
“The government’s accusations in this case — that he sold his office and even sold out his nation — are outrageously false, and indeed distort reality,” Bob Menendez’s lawyers wrote.
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Sen. Bob Menendez faces new allegations of receiving gold bars and cash for support of Qatari investment
A federal grand jury has filed a second superseding indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez and alleges he tried to help a New Jersey developer with getting a multi-million dollar investment from an investment company tied to the Qatari government in exchange for cash and gold bars.
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What about Bob? Some NJ Dems want Menendez to move on so they can fight for his Senate seat
Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has vowed he’s not going anywhere amid a federal corruption case against him, but the party he once held considerable sway over is looking beyond him. Party leaders, from Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy to local officials, have called on Menendez to resign. His home county party has dropped its endorsement, and in a year...