FOX NEWS: Democrat Sen. Menendez Found Guilty on all Counts in Corruption Trial
NEW JERSEY -- Fox News reports that Democrat Senator from New Jersey, Sen. Menendez has been found guilty on all counts in his corruption trial involving a Mercedes Benz, Gold and Cash.
The corrupt senator was found guilty on ALL 18 Felony counts of Bribery, Extortion, Wire Fraud, Obstruction of Justice, Conspiracy and Theft of Services. Investigators found a large amount of gold bars and cash in his pajama pants, and his suit jacket.
A jury of 12 convicted him on charges - making Menendez the seventh sitting US senator to be convicted of a federal crime, placing pressure on him to resign before his term expires at year-end.
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2024
Guilty As Charged
Menendez and his wife Nadine were accused by prosecutors of orchestrating a bribery scheme while he was head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he acted as an agent of Egypt, and intervened to quash a separate criminal prosecution in New Jersey in exchange for payoffs – and then tried to cover all of it up.
“It wasn’t enough for him to be one of the most powerful people in Washington,” said federal prosecutor Paul M. Monteleoni in his closing argument. “But he also wanted to use it to pile up riches for himself and his wife.”
Thousands of dollars of cash were also found tucked inside of shoes. An envelope containing $7,500 was found in a right brown boot, according to a spreadsheet detailing evidence from prosecutors. A left brown boot contained an envelope with $7,000, the document said.
The FBI Agent's Testimony
Prosecutors asked an FBI agent about the cash found in the senator's clothes during Friday's testimony.
“What were the name on the jackets?” a prosecutor asked the agent.
"Robert Menendez and Senator Menendez," the agent answered.
"Did you see the name Nadine on any of the jackets where you found cash?" the prosecutor asked.
"No," the agent confirmed.
"100 Precent Appropriate"
Menendez’s attorney, Adam Fee, suggested that the senator’s actions had been “100 percent appropriate,” and accused the government of using “half-truths” to misrepresent the case. Fee also argued that the cash and gold weren’t bribes, but instead generous gifts to Ms. Menendez during “lean times.”
Other photos in the exhibits included stacks of cash in disposable Forever 21 and Arc'teryx bags. Some of the stacks were rubber banded, and others were bound with labels denoting "$10,000."
Prosecutors also included several photos of gold bars, which they allege were part of the bribes. Thirteen gold bars were recovered at the senator's home, according to prosecutors. Two of the bars weighed one kilogram each, while the others weighed in at one ounce each.
Now found guilty and convicted, the Senator Faces many years in jail.
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