Prosecutors and defense attorneys laid out their case in the bribery trial of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. The senator has pleaded not guilty.
, securing a Qatari investment for a New Jersey businessman, and making criminal charges disappear for another in exchange for cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes Benz.
Pomerantz laid out the government’s case against the three-term senator, describing a complex yearslong scheme that she claimed led to Menendez betraying the public and his oath of office. Menendez’s wife of four years, Nadine Menendez, has also been charged. Her trial date has been set for July 8 due to an unspecified illness.countered the prosecution’s characterization of Bob Menendez, calling the New Jersey lawmaker an “American patriot” who has been a “lifelong public servant.”
Weitzman, in his opening statement, painted Bob Menendez as a lovestruck man who was duped by a femme fatale who had her own hidden agenda. Nadine Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez , leaves Manhattan federal court, Thursday, March. 21, 2024.
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