Sen. Bob Menendez declares innocence on Senate floor
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez went to the Senate floor Tuesday to defiantly address accusations of wrongdoing.
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Opening statements get under way in Bob ‘Gold Bar’ Menendez’s bribery trial
The corruption and bribery trial of embattled New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez officially got under on Wednesday afternoon with opening statements in the case.
Opening statements set to kick off second criminal trial for Sen. Bob Menendez
NEW YORK (AP) — The bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is ready to start with opening statements Wednesday as prosecutors seek to convince a jury that the longtime powerful Democrat was willing to sell his influence to benefit three businessmen in return for cash, gold bars and a fancy car.
Sen. Menendez bribery trial starts with judge scolding lawyers on 'gamesmanship'
A judge on Monday admonished attorneys about playing legal games shortly after they convened for the start of the federal bribery trial of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. "There's been too much gamesmanship here," Judge Sidney Stein told prosecutors and defense attorneys before jury selection began for the trial in federal court in Manhattan. "Everybody has to operate in good faith here," Stein said, adding, "I'm not sure I've seen that." Menendez, 70, wearing a dark suit and striped red tie with his gold senator's pin on his lapel, listened silently in the courtroom. Two of his co-defendants, New Jers
Key players in the case against Bob Menendez, his wife and two businessmen
The government’s sprawlingcorruption case against New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, his wife and two New Jersey businessmen of brazenly engaging in bribery has begun in federal court in Manhattan.
Jury selection begins in bribery case against Senator Bob Menendez
Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in thetrial of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who has been accused of allegedly accepting gold bars and cash in exchange for political favours.
Watch live from New York court as jury selection begins in corruption trial of US Senator Robert Menendez
Watch live from outside court in New York as jury selection is expected to begin on Monday 13 May in the corruption trial of US Senator Robert Menendez.
Jury Selection To Begin In The Bribery Trial Of Sen. Bob Menendez
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection was scheduled to start Monday in the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat charged with accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would aid three New Jersey businessmen.
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez goes on trial in New York on federal corruption charges
Sen. Robert Menendez goes on trial Monday for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, including bars of gold, in exchange for using his position as a powerful member of Congress to benefit three New Jersey businessmen as well as the governments of Egypt and Qatar.