Tag: Bob

Defense for Bob Menendez rests without New Jersey senator testifying

NEW YORK (AP) — The defense for Sen. Bob Menendez rested Wednesday without the New Jersey Democrat testifying at his New York bribery trial. Lawyers for Menendez called several witnesses over two days in an effort to counter seven weeks of testimony and hundreds of exhibits and communications introduced by Manhattan federal prosecutors. Menendez, 70, […]

Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good Loses Primary, But Plans To Demand Recount

Virginia election officials on Tuesday declared Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chairman of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, the loser in his close primary against state Sen. John McGuire. The determination came two weeks after Good’s primary and makes him the first casualty of GOP infighting this cycle. McGuire’s 374-vote margin is still slim enough that […]

Bob Woodward brands Biden debate performance a ‘political h-bomb’

Watergate reporter and long-time Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward said President Biden’s debate performance was a “political hydrogen bomb” and the public deserves to know what really happened. Woodward joined MSNBC’s Air Melber on Friday following the debate, where he said the performance was “so bad, so awful” that reporters must be looking for […]

Prosecutors rest in seventh week of Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors rested on Friday after presenting evidence for seven weeks at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, enabling the Democrat and two New Jersey businessmen to begin calling their own witnesses next week to support defense claims that no crimes were committed and no bribes were paid. Before resting, prosecutors […]