January 01, 2024
In the coming year, May 6 looms large for New Jersey court watchers with two high-profile federal bribery cases scheduled to go to trial. One case — the prosecution of two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. — has taken years to get to trial. The other case — which accuses Sen. Robert Menendez, his wife and three businessmen of a bribery conspiracy — is proceeding much more swiftly, with the indictments having been handed down on Sept. 22.
December 20, 2023
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., asked a New York federal judge Wednesday to postpone an explosive bribery case — the government's second — for two months, citing the complexity of an additional, unprecedented foreign-agent charge. If the delay is granted, the May 6 trial would be pushed to early July.
November 16, 2023
Paul Hastings LLP will take over U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's defense in a criminal case accusing the New Jersey Democrat of a bribery scandal involving the Egyptian government, according to filings in New York federal court on Thursday.
October 23, 2023
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez entered a not guilty plea Monday on federal charges accusing the politician from New Jersey of conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government after previously denying taking about $600,000 worth of bribes from Garden State business associates.
October 18, 2023
Three New Jersey businessmen and the wife of Sen. Bob Menendez entered not guilty pleas Wednesday to bribery charges brought by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, marking the second time they have denied the allegations since they were initially indicted on Sept. 22 in the case revolving around the Garden State senator.
October 12, 2023
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey is facing new charges in an explosive bribery case that he acted as a foreign agent on behalf of the Egyptian government.
October 02, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge set a May trial date Monday for Sen. Bob Menendez and three businessmen accused of bribing the New Jersey senator and his wife amid a host of legal issues and what a prosecutor described as potential plea talks.
September 27, 2023
Sen. Bob Menendez entered a not guilty plea Wednesday on charges brought by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office accusing the New Jersey U.S. senator and his wife of taking some $600,000 worth of bribes from Garden State business associates.
September 26, 2023
Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday called on his fellow New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after he was indicted on bribery charges, joining a growing list of Senate Democrats urging Menendez to step down.
September 22, 2023
In the wake of an indictment alleging that U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife have had a corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, Gov. Phil Murphy and other prominent Democrats have called for his resignation, with one fellow politician vowing to run for his seat.