(22 Apr 2025)
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New York – 21 April 2025
1. Wide of Nadine Menendez (wearing pink mask), the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, and her lawyer (back turned) outside court
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barry Coburn, Attorney for Nadine Menendez:
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"We are devastated by the verdict. Speaking for myself , I am devastated by the verdict , but I want to emphasize we respect the criminal justice system . We respect this court , we respect our judge and we respect the jury for its hard work . Nonetheless, this is a very rough day for us and you know, I have no doubt in my mind that the jury did what they thought was right , and I don’t think there’s any point to my standing here and debating any of that and so I declined to do that."
4. Various of Nadine Menendez and attorney Barry Coburn leaving court
STORYLINE:
Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted Monday of teaming up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey men looking for help with their business dealings or legal troubles.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts in the same federal courthouse in Manhattan where a different jury convicted Bob Menendez of many of the same charges last year. The Democrat is supposed to begin serving an 11-year prison term in June.
Nadine Menendez, who stood but did not appear to react as the verdict was delivered by the jury foreperson, was scheduled to be sentenced on June 12, six days after her husband is expected to report to prison.
Outside the courthouse, she wore a pink mask as she stood next to her lawyer, Barry Coburn, said he was “devastated by the verdict.”
“We fought hard and it hurts,” he said. “This is a very rough day for us.”
The evidence shown to jurors over a three-week trial followed the timeline of the whirlwind romance between the couple that began in early 2018 and continued after criminal charges were brought against them in September 2023. Repeatedly during the trial, prosecutors said they were “partners in crime.”
During a 2022 raid on the couple’s Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home, FBI agents found nearly $150,000 worth of gold bars and $480,000 in cash stuffed in boots, shoeboxes and jackets. In the garage was a Mercedes-Benz convertible, also an alleged bribe.
Both Nadine and Bob Menendez said they are innocent and never took bribes.
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