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Court filing brings new twists and allegations in Menendez bribery scheme
Federal prosecutors say Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife gave a false cover story to two people about how they got the gold bars involved in the alleged bribery scheme, as the senator has never said how he got the gold. And now there is new information about the cash found in the senator’s home, and perhaps some sort of...
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Nadine Menendez claimed she inherited gold bars after mother's death, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife told at least two people that she inherited gold bars from her mother — the same gold bars the FBI has alleged were part of payments to the senator and his wife as part of a wide-ranging bribery scheme.
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Sen. Bob Menendez says gold bars and cash at his home were illegally found and seized
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez wants a New York judge to toss out much of the evidence in the bribery prosecution against him, saying investigators illegally searched his residence as revenge because the Democrat defeated a prior prosecution in his home state.
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Sen. Bob Menendez and wife want separate trials in alleged bribery scheme
Lawyers for Menendez and his wife Nadine are requesting separate trials, saying the New Jersey senator could possibly divulge marital communications that his wife plans to keep secret, as they could be damaging to her defense.
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Sen. Bob Menendez and wife seek separate trials on bribery charges
Nadine Menendez’s lawyers asked for the severance on the grounds that Sen. Bob Menendez may want to testify at a trial scheduled to start in May and may divulge marital communications that she plans to keep secret.
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Menendez seeks dismissal of criminal charges. His lawyers say prosecutors ‘distort reality'
“The government’s accusations in this case — that he sold his office and even sold out his nation — are outrageously false, and indeed distort reality,” Bob Menendez’s lawyers wrote.
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Sen. Bob Menendez doubles down on innocence on Senate floor
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez doubled down on his innocence on the Senate floor Tuesday. Chief investigative reporter Jonathan Dienst has the latest.
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New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez faces new indictment
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is facing a new indictment and allegations about his connection to the Qatari government, but is not facing any new charges.
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Sen. Bob Menendez faces new allegations of receiving gold bars and cash for support of Qatari investment
A federal grand jury has filed a second superseding indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez and alleges he tried to help a New Jersey developer with getting a multi-million dollar investment from an investment company tied to the Qatari government in exchange for cash and gold bars.
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Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla to challenge Rep. Rob Menendez for House seat
Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla announced that he is running for Congress, looking to unseat Democratic Rep. Rob Menendez — the son of embattled Sen. Bob Menendez, who is facing a federal bribery investigation.
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Reaction to Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla's run for Congress
Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla has announced a run for Congress and the incumbent, Robert Menendez Jr., has weighed in on Bhalla’s entry into the race.
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Swift reactions after new gold bar revelations in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery case
New Jersey residents are reacting to the new information regarding the gold bars that were allegedly used to bribe Senator Menendez. Jonathan Dienst reporting.
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Sen. Bob Menendez's gold bars linked to past robbery, records show
News 4’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Gold bars featured in Bob Menendez bribery case linked to 2013 robbery, records show
At least four gold bars found in the FBI search of Sen. Robert Menendez’s home had been directly linked to a New Jersey businessman now accused of bribing the state’s senior senator, records show
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Sen. Menendez pleads not guilty to new conspiracy charge
The New Jersey senator faced a judge in Manhattan for a new criminal charge. News 4’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Sen. Menendez, back in to New York court, pleads not guilty to new conspiracy charge
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has returned to a New York City federal court and entered a not guilty plea to a charge alleging he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government.
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Poll: Majority of New Jersey wants Sen. Menendez to resign amid bribery charges
The majority of New Jersey residents say Sen. Bob Menendez (D) should resign amid the senior senator’s criminal bribery case. A poll released by Fairleigh Dickinson University on Thursday found that 70% of the state believe the longtime senator should step down instead of serving out the remainder of his term. Menendez’s current term is scheduled to end Jan. 2025….
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Sen. Bob Menendez's co-defendants, including his wife, plead not guilty to revised bribery charges
Four defendants in the criminal bribery case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty Wednesday in New York City to a revised indictment alleging that the senator, his wife and a third defendant conspired to use him as an agent of the Egyptian government.
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Menendez to sit out classified briefing on Israel amid corruption scandal
Sen. Bob Menendez will not attend a classified briefing on Israel. This comes on the heels of the corruption scandal he is facing in which he is accused of taking bribes to help the Egyptian government. Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Sen. Bob Menendez accuses DOJ of ‘hunting' him like ‘prey'
Sen. Bob Menendez is accusing the Justice Department of hunting him like prey in new public comments. News 4’s Jonathan Dienst reports.