Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., abused his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to “put greed first,” a federal prosecutor told jurors Wednesday during opening statements in the senator’s bribery trial. Asst. U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz told the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates in New York that the senior senator from […]
Jury selection continued for a second day Tuesday in the corruption trial of N.J. Sen.Bob Menendez, with the judge overseeing the gold bar bribery case saying he expects opening arguments to start Wednesday. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Sidney Stein spent part of Tuesday afternoon hearing from dozens of jurors who said they had family members […]
A third person has pleaded guilty in connection with an investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, who have been charged with accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities, court filings this week revealed. Irada Akhoundova pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas earlier this month to one count of acting as […]
FILE – Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, talks with Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu after a meeting with military leaders in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 19, 2023. The Kremlin says Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing Sergei Shoigu as secretary of Russia’s […]
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Thursday did not rule out the possibility of taking the witness stand in his upcoming bribery trial next week in New York. The trial is set to begin with jury selection on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Lower Manhattan. In an interview with CBS News’ Nikole Killion in […]
A pair of political operatives tied to Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, have agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with the Justice Department’s bribery case against Cuellar, according to court documents unsealed this week. Mina Colin Strother, Cuellar’s former campaign manager and chief of staff, and Florencio “Lencho” Rendon, a Texas businessman described as a “close […]
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was indicted by federal prosecutors on Friday. He and his wife are accused of taking bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank. The growing scandal is drawing some comparisons on the right to George Santos. Rep. Henry Cuellar is in the midst of a growing bribery scandal involving Azerbaijan […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For two decades, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar has stood out as a moderate Democrat along the Texas-Mexico border, bucking his party at times over guns and immigration while seldom facing a tough reelection. But a federal indictment accusing Cuellar of federal conspiracy and bribery charges is putting the Laredo native who was […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday released an indictment against longtime Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife, Imelda, charging the pair with bribery and money laundering related to their ties with a bank in Mexico and an oil and gas company controlled by Azerbaijan. NBC News was first to report that the charges […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers in a $100,000 bribery scheme that prosecutors said jeopardized drug cases and the lives of confidential informants. John Costanzo Jr. was found guilty last year of bribery […]
A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe was sent to pre-trial detention Wednesday after appearing before a court in central Moscow, court officials said in a statement. Timur Ivanov, 48, one of Russia’s 12 deputy defense ministers, was arrested Tuesday evening, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. They gave […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former top utility regulator awaiting trial on charges he took millions in bribes in conjunction with the largest corruption scandal in Ohio’s history died by suicide on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Franklin County Coroner’s Office said. Sam Randazzo, 74, the one-time chair of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, […]