NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday sought dismissal of charges, including bribery, as his lawyers told a judge that New York federal prosecutors are making claims that are “outrageously false” and “distort reality.” The New Jersey Democrat and his wife pleaded not guilty after they were charged last fall with accepting bribes […]
Sen. Bob Menendez denied the allegations against him on Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate, saying he intends to “prove my innocence” in what the Justice Department has called a years-long bribery scheme. “I’m innocent and I intend to prove my innocence,” Menendez said. “Not just for me, but for the precedent this […]
A federal grand jury has filed a second superseding indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., following previous allegations of accepting bribes. The new allegations say Menendez made positive statements about Qatar to help a New Jersey developer get a multimillion-dollar investment from a company tied to the country. The developer cited in the indictment is […]
Washington — Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, is facing allegations of accepting expensive gifts in exchange for favorable comments about Qatar, according to a second superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday. The indictment does not charge Menendez with any additional crimes, but includes new allegations to support the charges in the first superseding indictment […]
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request from Sen. Bob Menendez’s legal team to delay the start of his corruption trial by two months. Attorneys for Menendez had sought the delay, citing the “unprecedented foreign-agent charge against a sitting Senator” and having to sift through millions of documents from discovery. Federal prosecutors said the […]