USA v. MENENDEZ

  1. February 27, 2024

    Feds Want Classified Info Shield In Menendez Bribery Case

    Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge to shield classified information they plan to introduce in the bribery case against Sen. Robert Menendez.

  2. February 13, 2024

    Feds Defend Search Warrants In Sen. Menendez Bribery Probe

    The federal government shot back at a bid by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and businessman Wael Hana to nix gold bars and other evidence uncovered while pursuing its second corruption case against the New Jersey Democrat, arguing in an opposition brief Monday that the search warrants were complete and sufficiently narrow.

  3. February 06, 2024

    Feds Fight Sen. Menendez's Bids To Nix Charges, Split Trials

    Federal prosecutors have asked a New York federal court to reject requests from U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez to dismiss his corruption case and to sever his trial from his wife's, arguing that the senator made "premature" factual arguments and incorrectly claimed immunity from prosecution as a senator.

  4. January 23, 2024

    Sen. Menendez Wants To Nix Gold Bars From Bribery Case

    U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez has asked a New York federal court to nix gold bars and other evidence federal prosecutors uncovered pursuing their second corruption case against him, suggesting the government weaponized unconstitutionally broad warrants to avenge a failed first attempt to convict the New Jersey Democrat.

  5. January 16, 2024

    Sen. Menendez, Wife Ask For Own Trials In Bribery Case

    U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife, Nadine, are requesting that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York sever their trials in their federal foreign bribery case to avoid a "Catch-22" in deciding whether each should testify against the other.

  6. January 10, 2024

    Menendez Skewers 'Outrageously False' Bribery Case

    U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., blasted federal prosecutors' bribery case against him Wednesday, arguing the case should be tossed because the alleged illegal conduct he engaged in is immune from prosecution.

  7. January 09, 2024

    Jones Day Litigator Joins Defense Team For Sen. Menendez

    Jones Day attorney Jacob "Yaakov" Roth has joined New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's defense team in his federal bribery case alongside Paul Hastings LLP lawyers, according to documents filed in federal court.

  8. January 02, 2024

    Menendez Took Gold Bars For Supporting Qatar, Feds Say

    The gold bars found when agents raided U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's home as they pursued a second set of bribery charges against the embattled politician were given to him in exchange for using his power and influence to benefit the government of Qatar, according to a superseding indictment leveled Tuesday.

  9. January 01, 2024

    New York Cases To Watch In 2024

    The coming year's big cases developing in New York courts involve the protracted legal woes of Donald Trump, bribery allegations against Sen. Bob Menendez and a high-stakes fight over whether artificial intelligence has been purposefully deployed to engage in flagrant copyright theft.

  10. January 01, 2024

    Trials To Watch In 2024

    Major trials coming down the pike in 2024 include a wealthy Russian art collector's suit against Sotheby's, first bellwethers in multidistrict litigation over allegations Chiquita funded a violent group in Colombia, and a criminal case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez. Here's a rundown.