'Politics for profit': Top prosecutor destroys Sen. Bob Menendez after convictions for 'shocking levels of corruption' in office, taking gold bars and Mercedes bribes

Sen. Bob Menendez, a longtime New Jersey Democrat who once escaped corruption charges, was convicted of more than a dozen crimes in New York for committing brazen bribery on America's dime. The post ... Read More

After guilty verdict, calls mount for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign. Here's what he has to say.

Sen. Bob Menendez has been convicted on federal bribery charges, and pressure is mounting for the New Jersey Democrat to resign​. Read More

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez guilty on all charges in federal corruption trial

The verdict reached in Sen. Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial after nine weeks that alleged the Democrat lawmaker was part of a multi-year foreign bribery scheme. Read More

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty in federal corruption trial; Chuck Schumer calls on him to resign

A jury has found Sen. Bob Menendez guilty on all counts in his federal corruption trial. The New Jersey Democrat was convicted of 16 counts – including bribery, extortion, wire fraud, obstruction of ... Read More

Sen. Bob Menendez to resign next month following conviction in federal corruption trial

Sen. Bob Menendez is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 29 and faces decades in prison on bribery, fraud and other charges. Read More

Sen. Bob Menendez’s lawyer calls prosecution’s arguments ‘nonsense’

The idea that mounds of cash and gold bars found in Sen. Bob Menendez’s house were ... New Jersey Democrat and his wife, Nadine Menendez, in a bribery scheme with businessmen Wael Hana and ... Read More

Politicians renew call for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after guilty verdict

Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty on Tuesday on corruption charges. Now people from Chuck Schumer to Gov. Phil Murphy are calling on him to resign. Read More

Sen. Bob Menendez's lawyer tells jury that prosecutors' bribery case 'dies here today'

NEW YORK -- Sen. Bob Menendez's lawyer tried to convince a New York jury Wednesday that there's nothing to the federal government's bribery case against ... of his office,' prosecutor claims ... Read More

Sen. Bob Menendez 'sold the power of his office,' prosecutor claims in closing argument

The federal prosecutor described what he called a "clear pattern of corruption." Sen. Bob Menendez ... Nadine Menendez, who faces a separate trial in the case. Nadine Menendez is being treated ... Read More

Prosecution rests in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial

Washington — Prosecutors in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial rested their case against the New Jersey ... a jury that the senator used his political influence to benefit three businessmen ... Read More

In closing, prosecutor says Sen. Bob Menendez's behavior in response to bribes was 'wildly abnormal'

NEW YORK -- A prosecutor accused Sen. Bob ... Menendez, 57, also is charged in the case, but her trial has been postponed while she recovers from breast cancer surgery. Menendez has resisted calls ... Read More

Senator Bob Menendez rests defense case in federal bribery trial

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez leaves the Manhattan federal courthouse on Wednesday July 3, 2024, after his lawyers rested his defense case without him taking the witness stand. (Josh ... Read More