(12 Jul 2024)
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New York – 12 July 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press:
"A Manhattan jury has begun deliberations in the federal corruption trial of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez. Menendez, a long-serving Democrat, is facing charges in a bribery conspiracy case. Manhattan prosecutors allege that he sold the power of his office, accepting cash and gold bars from foreign businessmen and a wealthy New Jersey developer. Menendez, for his part, has appeared in good spirits. He entered the courtroom this morning singing to himself before the jury began deliberations."
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STORYLINE:
Jury deliberations have begun in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who is accused of taking bribes and being a foreign agent for the Egyptian government.
Over a 9-week trial, federal prosecutors in New York have sought to convince the jury that the New Jersey Democrat and his wife took bribes of gold, cash and a Mercedes-Benz convertible from three businessmen from 2018 to 2023 in exchange for a variety of corrupt acts.
They say some of the bribes were for taking actions that benefited the government of Egypt, including helping it access U.S. military aid. Prosecutors also say Menendez, 70, interfered with multiple criminal investigations and helped a business associate protect a contract awarded by the Egyptian government.
Menendez’s lawyers have argued that the senator did nothing wrong in his dealings with the businessmen and that nearly $150,000 in gold bars and over $480,000 in cash found at the couple’s Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home in a 2022 FBI raid were not bribe proceeds.
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