Posted on 05/15/2024 6:37:18 AM PDT by RandFan
Opening statements in Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) federal bribery and obstruction trial are set to begin Wednesday in Manhattan.
Federal prosecutors have alleged Menendez and his wife Nadine accepted “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes in exchange for the senator’s political power, which they said enriched several New Jersey businessmen, as well as the governments of Egypt and Qatar.
The bribes were allegedly paid in the form of cash, gold bars, mortgage payments, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and other lavish gifts.
Jury selection began in the case Tuesday. Judge Sidney H. Stein said seemed optimistic that it could wrap up by Wednesday morning, The Associated Press reported.
Menendez, 70, and two of the businessmen are currently on trial. A third pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against the other defendants, per the AP. His wife will be tried in July.
The New Jersey Democrat has consistently maintained his innocence, despite facing intense scrutiny from colleagues over multiple superseding indictments in the case. While he stepped down from his role as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year, he has largely brushed off calls from even those in his own party to resign.
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You can bet they won’t kick him out, like the Repukes did Santos.
“I thought she was 16!”
Which sultan do Bob have to screw to score the basement carpet?
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