As jurors in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, heard on Wednesday about flights Menendez took at the expense of co-defendant Salomon Melgen, the proceedings returned to a central theme in the case: the two men’s friendship and its relevance as a defense to bribery charges.
FBI agent Alan Mohl testified about roughly 20 flights the senator took to the Dominican Republic between the years 2006 and 2013, the period covered in the indictment, either on Melgen’s own plane or on commercial flights paid for by Melgen. Responding to questions from the government, Mohl testified that none of the flights was listed on Menendez’s gift disclosure forms, nor were upscale lodgings the senator enjoyed in Paris and the Dominican Republic at Melgen’s expense.
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