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Defence for Bob Menendez casts blame on senator's wife

Nadine Menendez, wife of Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, was central to orchestrating a bribery scheme, leading to charges against her and the senator, putting his political career and freedom at risk.
The senator's defense may involve claims that his wife withheld information about unlawful dealings, making him believe nothing wrong was happening.
With the senator's help, Nadine Menendez set up a shell company in 2019 to receive payments from a 'low-or-no-show job', according to prosecutors.

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BBC News

Defence for Bob Menendez casts blame on senator's wife

The New Jersey senator is accused of bribery and trading his influence for gold bars and luxury goods.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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CTV News

Lawyer opens defence of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife

A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez blamed the politician's wife Wednesday for his legal problems, telling a jury at the start of a corruption trial that the Democrat wasn't aware his spouse had taken gifts from a trio of businessmen and didn't know about cash and gold bars hidden in a closet at their New Jersey home.

1 month ago·Canada

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Reuters

US Senator Menendez's motives, knowledge in dispute as corruption trial starts

A federal prosecutor portrayed Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Menendez at the start of his corruption trial as a greedy politician willing to help foreign governments and disrupt local criminal probes in exchange for bribes, including gold bars.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Sen. Bob Menendez reveals his wife has breast cancer as presentation of evidence begins at his trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez said Thursday that his wife has breast cancer and will require a mastectomy, a revelation made just as the presentation of evidence began at his New York bribery trial.The New Jersey Democrat said he was revealing his wife's health crisis at her request after repeated inquiries from the...

1 month ago·United States

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CNN

Menendez defense lawyer denies bribery scheme and says gold bars found at senator’s home belonged to his wife

Sen. Bob Menendez’s lawyer launched his defense Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom, insisting that the New Jersey Democrat never engaged in the international bribery scheme described by federal prosecutors and asserting that there were “innocent explanations” for the tangle of alleged crimes that has already upended Menendez’s political career.

1 month ago·Atlanta, United States

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