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Sen. Bob Menendez’s defense begins with sister testifying about family tradition of storing cash

The sister of Sen. Bob Menendez has come to her brother’s defense as the first witness called by his lawyers in the bribery case against him and two New Jersey businessmen.

Prosecutors in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial rest; Judge rejects defense request for acquittals

Gold bars and Sen. Bob Menendez’s curiosity about their price takes central role at bribery trial

Prosecutors try to link alleged bribes of Sen. Bob Menendez to appointment of federal prosecutor

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor testifies for government in Sen. Bob Menendez prosecution

Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-defendants arrive at court

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and 2 co-defendants arrive at court as his bribery trial continues

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Key witness testifies against Senator Bob Menendez in bribery trial

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to seek independent reelection bid amid federal corruption trial

Senator Bob Menendez appears in federal court as bribery trial opens

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Sen. Bob Menendez’s Egypt trip planning got ‘weird,’ Senate staffer recalls at bribery trial

A Senate staffer has testified at a bribery trial that planning for Sen. Bob Menendez’s 2021 trip to Egypt and Qatar got “weird” after the Democrat directed that Egypt be involved in the process.

Key witness at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez faces grueling day of cross-examination

The government’s prized turncoat witness at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez has been politely combative as defense lawyers try to poke holes in his testimony and portray him as a habitual liar.

New Jersey businessman tells jury that bribes paid off with Sen. Bob Menendez

A New Jersey businessman has told a jury that Sen. Bob Menendez told him he’d look into a state criminal probe threatening his business and later assured him there was no threat.

New Jersey businessman testifies he promised up to $250,000 in bribes for Sen. Bob Menendez’s help

A New Jersey businessman who pleaded guilty and cooperated in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez has testified that he believed he had a deal worth $200,000 to $250,000 for the Democrat to make criminal probes of his friends and family vanish.

Ex-NJ attorney general testifies Sen. Bob Menendez confronted him twice over a pending criminal case

A former New Jersey attorney general has testified at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial that the Democrat twice confronted him about a pending criminal case.

Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife is excused from court after cancer surgery

The wife of Sen. Bob Menendez has been excused from appearing in court next week after her lawyer said she’s experiencing intense and chronic pain after surgery to treat cancer.

Republican Curtis Bashaw’s nomination fueling GOP hope in deeply Democratic New Jersey

Curtis Bashaw’s Senate nomination over Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in the New Jersey Republican Senate primary and the chance that Sen.

Why AP called Rep. Rob Menendez the winner in New Jersey U.S. House primary: Race call explained

The Associated Press has declared U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez the winner of the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District based on the incumbent’s lead throughout the district in initial vote results.

Kim, Bashaw win New Jersey primaries for Senate seat held by embattled Menendez

Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw have won their New Jersey U.S. Senate primaries for the seat currently held by embattled Sen. Bob Menendez.

FBI investigator gives jury at Sen. Bob Menendez’s trial an inside account of surveillance

An investigator has provided a New York jury a riveting account of an evening in Washington, D.C., in 2019 when an FBI surveillance team came across Sen.

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to seek independent reelection bid amid federal corruption trial

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has filed to run for reelection as an independent even as he is on trial on federal bribery charges.

At bribery trial, ex-US official casts Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain in Egyptian meat controversy

At a bribery trial, a former top U.S. agricultural official has cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain who tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt.

At Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial, prosecutors highlight his wife’s desperate finances

Prosecutors at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial have showed jurors hundreds of texts, emails and phone calls that show his girlfriend-turned-wife’s desperate financial situation before New Jersey businessmen came to the rescue.

Prosecutors build their case at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez with emails and texts

Prosecutors are presenting their bribery case against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez drip-by-drip, showing jurors a steady stream of documents, emails and phone records that they’ll explain more thoroughly later in the trial.

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator

The New York trial of Sen. Bob Menendez grinded to a weeklong break after Manhattan federal court jurors were treated to a brick-by-brick build of the prosecution’s bribery case before getting stuck in an elevator.

Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial focuses on his wife’s New Jersey home

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.

Witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says meat-export monopoly made costs soar

A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt follows Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say Menendez arranged.

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.

Lawyer opens defense of US Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife

A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is blaming the politician’s wife for his legal problems. Avi Weitzman told a jury at the start of Menendez’s corruption trial on Wednesday that the Democrat wasn’t aware his spouse had taken gifts from a trio of businessmen.

Openings expected Wednesday in Menendez corruption trial

Opening statements were expected to occur Wednesday in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez. Federal Judge Sidney H.

Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial begins, his second in the last decade

The corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez has begun in Manhattan federal court as dozens of prospective jurors who claimed jury service would be a hardship were questioned one by one over a six-hour stretch.

For a second time, Sen. Bob Menendez faces a corruption trial. 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.

Start of Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial is delayed a week to mid-May

A federal judge has agreed to delay the start of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial by a week after lawyers said extra days would aid trial preparation.

Court papers show Sen. Bob Menendez may testify his wife kept him in the dark, unaware of any crimes

Newly unsealed court papers show that Sen. Bob Menendez may seek exoneration at a May bribery trial by blaming his wife, saying she kept him in the dark about anything that could be illegal about her dealings with New Jersey businessmen.

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will have separate bribery trials, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled that Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will be tried separately on allegations that they participated in a bribery scheme.

Prosecutors recommend delaying the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez from May to a summer date

Federal prosecutors say the May bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be postponed until July or August after it was learned that the New Jersey Democrat’s wife, who’s a co-defendant, has a serious medical issue.

Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife cites need for surgery in request to delay her trial

The wife of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is seeking a delay to her criminal trial next month, saying a newly diagnosed and serious medical condition requires surgery within six weeks.

Sen. Bob Menendez decides not to delay May trial with appeal of judge’s ruling

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has decided not to appeal a judge’s ruling on Constitutional grounds that would have delayed his May trial.

In New Jersey, some see old-school politics giving way to ‘spring’ amid corruption scandal

New Jersey has a well-earned reputation as a home to backroom political dealing, but some advocates see that as changing. A lawsuit brought by Rep.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez says he won’t run in Democratic primary

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey says he will not run in the Democratic primary as he faces federal corruption charges, but he is leaving open the possibility that he would reenter the race as an independent later this year if he is exonerated at a trial.