News about Bob Menendez

Bashaw, 63, is the Republican nominee for the Senate seat that has been vacated by indicted Democrat 'Gold Bars' Bob Menendez. He participated in his first debate against Democrat opponent Andy Kim, a two-term Congressman who beat Governor Phil Murphy's wife to the nomination. The debate was briefly derailed at the start when Bashaw stopped speaking mid-sentence and stared ahead, nonresponsive.

Disgraced former New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez, 70, has officially resigned from the Senate weeks after being charged in an international corruption and bribery scheme. 

Disgraced former New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez, 70, has officially resigned from the Senate weeks after being charged in an international corruption and bribery scheme.  The ex-chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was found guilty on 16 counts related to taking bribes in exchange for helping local businessmen and the countries Qatar and Egypt.  One of the charges included acting as a foreign agent. He faces 222 years in prison for his crimes and his sentencing is expected in late October. 

Convicted New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez is set to resign his position this summer after being found guilty of over a dozen charges related to corruption.

Convicted New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez is set to resign his position this summer after being found guilty of over a dozen charges related to corruption. The longtime Garden State lawmaker's monthslong bribery trial ended last week with him being found guilty on all 16 charges against him. He currently faces up to 222 years in prison for his crimes. The jury found him guilty of accepting gold bars, cash and a luxury convertible from several New Jersey businessmen in exchange for political favors. The Democrat has vowed to appeal his conviction. But in a bid to salvage some of his credibility, Menendez decided to toss in the towel and wrote in a letter to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy of his plans to resign.

Biden dramatically dropped out Sunday and endorsed Kamala Harris to be the party's standard bearer against Trump in November. While many - including Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Harris herself - praised the decision, not everyone is quite on board. Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania (pictured left), one of Biden's most ardent defenders since the debate, slammed the decision and those who called on the president to quit, while DNC chair Jaime Harrison (pictured right) admitted he was still 'riding with Biden.'

The long-time lawmaker sat for over eight weeks in a New York federal courtroom as prosecutors detailed his bribery plot.

The long-time lawmaker sat for over eight weeks in a New York federal courtroom as witnesses and prosecutors revealed the scintillating details of his alleged plan to reward multiple New Jersey businessmen with favors in exchange for payment, prosecutors alleged. Menendez allegedly used his high-profile position as the former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman to help one man negotiate a contract with Egyptian officials. And he used his influence as the New Jersey's senior senator to quash a state investigation into another accomplice's state insurance fraud case, prosecutors said. Menendez's defense, meanwhile, argued the Democrat had a fear of going without and his Cuban heritage as the reason he stored gold and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash at his home.

At least one Menendez of New Jersey is likely headed back to Congress next year after Congressman Rob Menendez beat out a primary challenger in the state's eighth congressional district. The primary came as the congressman's father Senator Bob Mendenez is on trial for bribery charges. The senator is accused of accepting gold and other gifts in exchange for favors. On Tuesday, he switched his party affiliation to Independent to run for the Senate this fall.

prosecutors revealed the desperate financial situation Sen. Bob Menendez's wife was in before she wed the Democrat, highlighting her need for cash infusions to save her house.

Prosecutors revealed to jurors Wednesday hundreds of texts and calls highlighting the desperate financial situation embattled Sen. Bob Menendez's now-wife Nadine was in before she and the Democrat tied the knot - and her need for cash infusions from the senator's co-defendants. The prosecution showed that Nadine's Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home was in danger of being foreclosed after she missed almost $20,000 in mortgage payments in 2019, before she and the senator wed. But her cash conundrum was solved by Egyptian American businessman Wael 'Will' Hana, who forked over the dough to save the home - the same abode the New Jersey Democrat later moved into after he married Nadine in 2020. The prosecution claims that the businessman's home payments were a part of the bribery scheme and that his favor was repaid by Menendez in the form of help securing a lucrative contract for Hana's halal meat business with the Egyptian government.

Sen. Bob Menendez has spent an lot of time sitting as he attends court for his ongoing bribery trial, so much so that it might have prompted an embarrassing medical condition.

Sen. Bob Menendez has spent an awful lot of time sitting down as he attends court for his ongoing bribery trial, so much so that it might have prompted an uncomfortable and embarrassing medical condition. Exclusive images from the DailyMail.com show the embattled New Jersey Democrat exiting his vehicle at home Wednesday holding hemorrhoid creme. The pictures show Menendez holding a box of RectiCare, a creme meant to help users deal with the discomfort caused by the swollen anus and rectal veins. It looked like he was in pain too as the images show the lawmaker grimacing, possibly due to the discomfort of the condition.

Senator Bob Menendez's messy home was littered with gold bars and wads of cash stuffed in Timberland boots and in his bed, new pictures reveal. 

Senator Bob Menendez's messy home was littered with gold bars and wads of cash stuffed in Timberland boots and in his bed, new pictures reveal.  The images of $100, $50 and $20 dollar bills spewed all over the New Jersey Democrat's unkempt house were shown to the jury during his ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan. The photographs were taken during the FBI's raid of the Menendez residence in June 2022. He and his wife Nadine are both charged in a bribery scheme featuring gold bars, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash payments and a luxury Mercedes-Benz convertible.

Sen. Bob Menendez revealed Thursday that his wife Nadine has cancer. The announcement comes on day four of the New Jersey Democrat's ongoing corruption trial in Manhattan where he and his wife are both charged in a corruption scheme. The shocking revelation comes just one day after Menendez's attorneys threw Nadine under the bus for storing gold bars in the couple's home without the lawmaker's knowledge. 'As a result of constant press inquiries and reporters following my wife, she has asked me to disclose her medical condition,' Menedez wrote in a statement Thursday. 'Nadine is suffering from Grade 3 breast cancer, which will require her to have mastectomy surgery. We are of course, concerned about the seriousness and advanced stage of the disease.'

A star-studded lineup of politicians could be called in Sen. Bob Menendez's ongoing corruption trial. Menendez arrived at a Manhattan federal court Tuesday for a second day of jury selection, but as of the evening, a jury has yet to be finalized. After two days of sifting through potential jury candidates, Judge Sidney H. Stein told potential jurors that renowned lawmakers, former white house officials and even one considered to be in the running for a vice presidential slot could all be called in to testify in the high-profile corruption case. Menendez, his wife Nadine and two New Jersey businessmen - Wael Hana and Fred Daibes - have all been charged by federal prosecutors for allegedly taking part in a bribery scheme featuring gold bars, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash payments and a luxury Mercedes-Benz convertible. All of them have pleaded not guilty. On Tuesday, Stein quizzed potential jurors on their familiarity with the politicos, saying, 'You may see them or hear their names, and I want to know if you have a connection with any of these people.'

Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez has arrived at a Manhattan federal court for his bribery trial that could last months and decide the balance of power in the Senate.  In September, the New Jersey Democrat was accused by the Department of Justice of being involved in a bribery scheme with several American businessmen and the governments of Egypt and Qatar.  A raid of the senator's Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home uncovered around $500,000 in cash stowed in clothes, closets and a safe, 13 gold bars and a luxury Mercedes-Benz convertible, all of which prosecutors claim were payments for favors given out by Menendez. 

A high-profile Democrat Senator who is under investigation for bribery is expected, according to his lawyers, to blame his actions in part on the 'traumatic' death of his father nearly 50 years ago.

A high-profile Democrat Senator who is under investigation for bribery is expected, according to his lawyers, to blame his actions in part on the 'traumatic' death of his father nearly 50 years ago. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was charged in September for using his influence as a lawmaker to help provide favors for several businessmen and the governments of Qatar and Egypt. A raid of the senator's Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home uncovered around $500,000 in cash stowed in clothes, closets and a safe, 13 gold bars and a luxury Mercedes-Benz convertible. Now, the Democrat's lawyers are hatching a plan to portray Menendez as a compulsive money withdrawer whose fear of going without stems from 'traumatic experiences in his past associated with cash and finances.' Menendez's legal team is even requesting a psychologist - Karen B. Rosenbaum - to testify that the Democrat 'experienced trauma when his father, a compulsive gambler, died by suicide after Senator Menendez eventually decided to discontinue paying off his father's gambling debts.'

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's wife Nadine has told friends she fears she'll go to jail because she doesn't have enough cash for a legal team. The New York Post reported Friday on Nadine Arslanian's financial woes - as she faces up to 45 years in prison for charges related to an alleged bribery scheme involving the Qatari and Egyptian governments.

Her husband may be threatening to throw her under the bus in their bribery trial. But daily life appeared to continue as normal for Nadine Menendez on Wednesday as she was spotted gardening at their New Jersey home. DailyMail.com captured the wife of the scandal-hit Democratic Senator Bob outside the house tending to the plants and wearing yellow Marigold gloves. The 57-year-old also took out the trash, while wearing sweatpants and heels, and at one point used an empty Coke Zero box to hide her face from the cameras. She was spotted hours after bombshell court documents were released suggesting her husband, 70, may blame her for the widespread corruption scandal that includes gold bars, piles of cash and favors for the Egyptian government. The New Jersey Senator and his wife are accused of receiving lavish gifts - including luxury cars and stacks of money - as part of a bribery plot to help the Egyptian government and businessmen facing their own criminal investigations.

Senator Bob Menendez may seek exoneration at his May bribery trial by blaming his wife, saying she kept him in the dark about her dealings with New Jersey businessmen.

The revelations about the man who has been nicknamed 'Gold Bars Bob' came from court papers unsealed Tuesday. Several sentences in a January court filing by lawyers for the Democrat were unsealed in Manhattan federal court after some news organizations insisted that public disclosure was required. Menendez´s lawyers had redacted the documents, claiming that the sentences revealed trial strategy that could bias the jury pool. According to the passages that were unsealed, Menendez plans to testify about what he believes were exculpatory communications with his wife, Nadine, if he decides to take the witness stand in his defense.