A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is blaming the politician’s wife for his legal problems.
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.
Their lawyers will deliver opening statements Thursday. Uribe recently pleaded guilty and is expected to testify.Pomerantz said Menendez also tried to corrupt the U.S. justice system by using his influence to push to nominate a federal prosecutor in New Jersey who might protect Daibes from a criminal prosecution."This was not politics as usual," she told the jury. "This was politics for profit, a U.S. senator on the take. ... Menendez put his power up for sale.
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