USA v. MENENDEZ et al
Case Number:
2:15-cr-00155
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Firms
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September 26, 2017
Menendez Threatened Hearing, State Dept. Official Testifies
Sen. Bob Menendez threatened to hold a hearing on port security in the Dominican Republic unless the U.S. Department of State came up with a solution related to a contract dispute between the government of the Caribbean nation and a Florida ophthalmologist, according to testimony Tuesday at the senator's and doctor's bribery trial in New Jersey federal court.
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September 25, 2017
Menendez Friend's Atty Threatened Fed. Agency, Witness Says
A lawyer for a Florida ophthalmologist was referring to Sen. Bob Menendez when he told U.S. Department of Commerce officials that the physician's "politically influential friends" could cause problems for the agency if the physician felt he was not being served well, a department official said Monday at the doctor and senator's bribery trial.
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September 20, 2017
FBI Agent Says Menendez Did Not Disclose Doctor's Gifts
Sen. Bob Menendez did not report the private jet rides and other gifts provided to him by a Florida ophthalmologist on annual financial disclosure forms as part of what prosecutors say was an effort to conceal their bribery scheme, according to testimony Wednesday at the senator's and doctor's trial.
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September 19, 2017
'Smears' Evidence Not Allowed In Menendez Trial, Judge Says
The New Jersey federal judge presiding over the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist denied a defense bid Tuesday to let jurors see parts of public statements where the senator denied allegations that he had engaged with prostitutes, saying such material is irrelevant.
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September 18, 2017
Menendez Friend Blocked Access To Flight Data, Witness Says
The son-in-law of a Florida ophthalmologist accused of bribing Sen. Bob Menendez with rides aboard his private jet requested that the Federal Aviation Administration block certain public access to the plane's flight data in the hours after FBI agents raided the physician's offices, according to testimony Monday at the doctor's and senator's trial.
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September 14, 2017
Menendez Reimbursed Doc After Media Inquiry, Witness Says
The government presented evidence Thursday at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist that the senator reimbursed the doctor for certain flights aboard his private jet after a media inquiry, but defense lawyers noted that prosecutors withheld a related document from the jury.
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September 13, 2017
Feds Highlight Free Flights At Menendez Bribery Trial
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., received a first-class commercial plane ticket, a chartered plane trip where he was the sole passenger and flights aboard private jets owned by a Florida ophthalmologist as part of what prosecutors allege was a bribery scheme between the two men, witnesses testified Wednesday at their trial.
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September 12, 2017
Gov't Witness Spars With Prosecutor At Menendez Trial
A government witness said Tuesday that she did not know why she was testifying at the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and a Florida ophthalmologist, saying the two men were friends and sparring with a prosecutor over her claim that the doctor referred to the senator as a "brother."
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September 07, 2017
Judge Blasts Feds' 'Tabloid' Angle At Menendez Trial
The New Jersey federal judge presiding over the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist criticized the government Thursday for presenting irrelevant evidence about how the doctor footed the bill for the lawmaker's Paris hotel stay, saying prosecutors were pursuing a "tabloid" analysis.
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September 06, 2017
Menendez Bribery Trial Offers Competing Takes On Friendship
Attorneys cast competing images of Sen. Bob Menendez's relationship with Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen on Wednesday when their bribery trial kicked off in New Jersey federal court, with a prosecutor saying Menendez sold his Senate seat for a luxurious lifestyle and defense counsel arguing that the two men exchanged gifts as part of their longtime friendship.