Menendez Put ‘Power Up for Sale’ to Aid Businessmen, US Says
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Robert Menendez arrives at federal court in New York on July 8.
Photographer: Jeenah Moon/BloombergUS Senator Bob Menendez corruptly accepted bribes of gold, cash and a Mercedes Benz for using his power to help businessmen and to serve as a foreign agent of Egypt, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the end of his two-month trial.
Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, illegally enriched himself and his wife, Nadine, after he “put his power up for sale,” Assistant US Attorney Paul Monteleoni said during closing arguments in New York federal court. Nadine Menendez also was charged in the case, but will be tried later.