Bob Menendez

Prosecutors unveil cache of Menendez texts in bribery trial: “It is extremely important that we keep Nadine happy”

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Amanda Smith

Sen. Bob Menendez trial continues with 2018 texts shown Washington — Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey was on the cusp of ...

House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday it will open an investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat who was ...

Newly released photos depict cash and gold bars seized from Sen. Bob Menendez’s home

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Amanda Smith

Cash stuffed into boots. Envelopes of bills tucked inside jackets emblazoned with the senator’s name. Gold bars. Prosecutors in the Sen. Bob ...

Witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial says meat-export monopoly made costs soar

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Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial testified Friday that the cost of certifying that meat sent ...

Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal corruption trial is underway. Here’s what to know about the case involving gold bars, a jacket lined with cash and a Mercedes.

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Amanda Smith

While former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial continues in Manhattan criminal court, a criminal trial involving another elected U.S. official ...

The Bob Menendez trial is starting. Why his Senate colleagues don’t want to talk about it

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON – The criminal trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. on federal bribery charges is set to begin on Monday, but you ...

Jury selection to begin in the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez

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Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection was scheduled to start Monday in the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat charged with ...

Gold bars, basement carpeting and more. Here’s what prosecutors say bought off a US senator

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Amanda Smith

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Democratic ...

Sen. Bob Menendez decides not to delay May trial with appeal of judge’s ruling

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Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will not appeal a judge’s ruling on Constitutional grounds that would have delayed ...

New Jersey Democrat targets Sen. Menendez’s access to classified information — and Trump’s

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — Now charged with 18 federal counts, embattled Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., faces a mounting pressure campaign from his colleagues in ...