Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
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Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
Senator Bob Menendez's co-defendants in his criminal corruption trial told jurors that there was not sufficient evidence to prove that gifts of gold bars and envelopes stuffed with cash found in the New Jersey senator's home had been exchanged for official acts.
Senator Bob Menendez, the highest-ranking Latino in the U.S. Congress, is standing trial on federal bribery and corruption charges that implicate him in a five-year conspiracy to accept gold bars and no-show jobs for his wife in exchange for official political acts.
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.