Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was found guilty of bribery and corruption last week.
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was found guilty on Tuesday in a sweeping corruption scheme and faces a potential expulsion vote.
Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was found guilty of bribery and corruption. Leaders in his party are pressuring him to resign.
Senator Robert Menendez is charged with 16 separate crimes, including bribery, obstructing justice and acting as an agent of a foreign government.
Senator Robert Menendez’s lawyers finished a six-hour closing statement on Wednesday afternoon.
The bribery case against Senator Robert Menendez features an assortment of exotic elements: Qatari sheikhs, bricks of gold bullion, halal meat certification and Egyptian intelligence officers....
Senator Robert Menendez is charged in an international corruption scheme. Prosecutors portrayed him as “Scrooge McDuck swimming in gold coins,” his lawyer told the jury.
In a closing statement, a prosecutor said the Menendez home was awash in cash and walked jurors through what the government has called a complicated web...
Jurors have heard nearly two months of testimony in the case of Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, who is accused of bribery and corruption.
Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Senator Robert Menendez, met with prosecutors last fall to plead his case. Days later, the senator was indicted on bribery charges.