Sen. Bob Menendez’s lawyer cites ‘innocent explanations’ for gold and cash stash in bribery trial
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, 70, is accused of accepting bribes from N.J. businessmen in exchange for using his influence to benefit Egypt and Qatar, and to interfere with criminal investigations...
![A Manhattan judge whittled away narrowed down the jury pool in the gold bar bribery trial of N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez, dismissing three dozen potential jurors late Monday, as a second group of 50 people were brought in. Jury selection is expected to continue Tuesday for the federal trial of Menedez and N.J. businessmen Wael Hana and Fred Danies. His wife, Nadine, will face a separate trial in July, after Manhattan Federal Court Judge Sidney Stein severed her case so she could deal with a medical condition. Menendez, who faces 18 bribery and obstruction charges, is accused of conspiring to […]](https://www.nydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TNY-0819-.jpg?w=140 "A Manhattan judge whittled away narrowed down the jury pool in the gold bar bribery trial of N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez, dismissing three dozen potential jurors late Monday, as a second group of 50 people were brought in. Jury selection is expected to continue Tuesday for the federal trial of Menedez and N.J. businessmen Wael Hana and Fred Danies. His wife, Nadine, will face a separate trial in July, after Manhattan Federal Court Judge Sidney Stein severed her case so she could deal with a medical condition. Menendez, who faces 18 bribery and obstruction charges, is accused of conspiring to […]")
