By Emily Saul | August 20, 2024
"The government said it would prosecute Senator Menendez for his alleged agreements to sell official acts in exchange for bribes," the defense filing reads. "But despite a 10-week trial, the government offered no actual evidence of an agreement, just speculation masked as inference."
By Emily Saul and Jane Wester | July 16, 2024
The trial centered on the origin of valuables, including gold bars and cash, discovered by law enforcement officials around the New Jersey home of the senator and his wife.
By Emily Saul | July 15, 2024
The panel had multiple questions on Monday, including if unanimity was required to acquit a defendant "on a single count."
By Jane Wester | July 8, 2024
The government argued that the jurors have seen, through the course of the nearly two-month-long trial, "a clear pattern of corruption."
By Jane Wester | July 3, 2024
Menendez told U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of the Southern District of New York that he discussed the issue "at length" with his attorneys, Paul Hastings partners Adam Fee and Avi Weitzman, before making his decision.
By Jane Wester | July 1, 2024
After stacks of cash were discovered in the senator's New Jersey home, Menendez's sister, 80-year-old Caridad Gonzalez, testified that she knew many Cubans who stored cash in their homes after moving to the United States.
By Chris O'Malley | July 1, 2024
"Could there be certain employees who choose not to report internally because they have a prospect of a whistleblower award at DOJ--yes," said Steve Fagell, a Covington & Burling partner.
By Jane Wester | June 18, 2024
"I did not believe he was asking me to do anything other than my official duty," U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. "In fact, I didn't believe he was asking me to do anything."
By Jane Wester | June 12, 2024
Sellinger recounted for jurors a conversation from 2020—when he was a partner at Greenberg Traurig—in which Menendez asked him how he might assess a then-pending investigation into a real estate developer were he to become New Jersey's U.S. Attorney.
By Jane Wester | June 11, 2024
Menendez's attorney Adam Fee of Paul Hastings worked to demonstrate to the jurors that while Uribe was close to Menendez's wife, Nadine Menendez, he did not have extensive interactions with the senator.
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