Sep 26 NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he doesn’t plan to resign and is ‘not surprised’ by the federal corruption charges By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press “I ask New Yorkers to wait to hear our defense before making any judgments,” Adams told reporters after the indictment against him was made public. Continue reading
Jul 23 New Jersey Sen. Menendez will resign in August following bribery conviction By Michael Catalini, Associated Press U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is resigning from office Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government. Continue reading
Jul 12 Jury in Sen. Menendez’s corruption trial ends first day of deliberations without a verdict By Jake Offenhartz, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A New York City jury finished its first three hours of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict 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. Continue reading
Jul 09 Menendez’s lawyer argues prosecutors failed to prove a single charge, but acknowledges ‘atypical’ valuables By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jun 28 Prosecutors in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial wrap up presenting their case By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Jun 26 5 people charged for attempting to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K By Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America Five people were charged on Wednesday for trying to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI announced Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 10 New Jersey businessman testifies Sen. Bob Menendez made him assurances about legal troubles By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Jun 04 Bag of $120,000 left as bribe for juror in Minnesota food program fraud trial By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Authorities are trying to determine who attempted to bribe a juror to get her to acquit defendants charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. Continue reading
May 21 Judge dismisses felony convictions of 5 former military officers in U.S. Navy bribery case By Associated Press A federal judge has dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" in one of the Navy's biggest corruption cases. Continue reading
May 16 Sen. Menendez reveals his wife has breast cancer as presentation of evidence begins at his trial By Mike Catalini, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press 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. Continue reading