Politics Jul 09 Menendez’s lawyer argues prosecutors failed to prove a single charge, but acknowledges ‘atypical’ valuables A lawyer for Sen. Bob Menendez on Tuesday urged jurors to acquit him of every charge at the Democrat's New York City corruption trial.
Politics Jul 09 Prosecutor says Sen. Menendez’s response to bribes was ‘wildly abnormal’ A prosecutor accused Sen. Bob Menendez of “wildly abnormal” behavior in response to bribes during a closing argument at the Democrat's corruption trial.
Politics Jun 28 Prosecutors in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial wrap up presenting their case Prosecutors at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., rested their case on Friday after presenting evidence for seven weeks, enabling the Democrat and two New Jersey businessmen to begin calling their own witnesses to support defense claims that no crimes…
Nation Jun 26 Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping drug traffickers get cocaine into U.S. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the U.S.
Politics Jun 10 New Jersey businessman testifies Sen. Bob Menendez made him assurances about legal troubles Prosecutors contend that a car, along with gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash found in the couple's Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home, were bribes paid by three businessmen, including Jose Uribe, to get the senator to…
Politics May 16 Sen. Menendez reveals his wife has breast cancer as presentation of evidence begins at his trial The New Jersey Democrat said in a statement Thursday there was concern about the seriousness and advanced stage of the disease that was recently diagnosed for Nadine Menendez.
Politics May 13 New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez arrives at federal courthouse for start of bribery trial Menendez has pleaded not guilty to charges including bribery, extortion and fraud.
Nation Apr 27 Harvey Weinstein hospitalized in New York after returning from prison, attorney says Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his arrival on Friday to city jails following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction.
Nation Mar 28 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison Bankman-Fried, 32, was convicted in November of fraud and conspiracy — a dramatic fall from a crest of success that included a Super Bowl advertisement and celebrity endorsements from stars like quarterback Tom Brady, basketball star Stephen Curry and comedian…
Nation Mar 28 Former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for defrauding FTX investors Bankman-Fried once led companies so successful that they were featured in a Super Bowl advertisement. A jury found that Bankman-Fried illegally used billions of dollars from FTX depositors.