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USA v. MENENDEZ et al
Case Number:
2:15-cr-00155
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Firms
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November 06, 2017
Menendez Jury Takes On Claim Of Bribery Among Friends
A New Jersey federal jury began deliberations Monday in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist, with the defense claiming in its closing remarks that they were acting out of a longtime friendship and not an illicit scheme while prosecutors asserted that their relationship was corrupted.
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November 03, 2017
Menendez Trial To Turn On Question Of Criminal Intent
About two months into the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist, jurors will be asked to decide whether criminal intent lurked behind the actions of the two men, with the defense highlighting their friendship and the senator's policy concerns and prosecutors claiming he sought to conceal the doctor's gifts.
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November 02, 2017
Feds, Defense Clash Over Bribery Tale In Menendez Trial
A prosecutor urged jurors Thursday to hold Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist accountable by convicting them of taking part in an alleged bribery scheme, but defense lawyers blasted the government for spinning a false narrative without evidence of an illicit agreement.
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November 01, 2017
Menendez Jury Gets 'Official Act' Lesson Ahead Of Closings
The New Jersey federal judge presiding over the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist lifted language Wednesday from the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark McDonnell decision to instruct jurors about the definition of "official acts."
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October 31, 2017
Menendez Jury Instructions Crafted With Eye On McDonnell
A New Jersey federal judge pored over jury instructions with counsel Tuesday in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist to ensure the instructions reflect the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark McDonnell decision, saying he was the first trial court to do so in the wake of the high court ruling.
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October 30, 2017
Menendez, Doctor Lose Mistrial Bid Over Excluded Evidence
The New Jersey federal judge presiding over the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist on Monday denied their bid for a mistrial, rejecting their arguments that the judge improperly barred two witnesses and prevented the defense from introducing certain documents as evidence.
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October 26, 2017
Menendez Lawyers Want Mistrial Over Excluded Evidence
The New Jersey federal judge presiding over the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist battled Thursday with defense lawyers over their bid for a mistrial on the grounds that he has stopped them from presenting evidence and telling their side of the story.
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October 25, 2017
Menendez Aide Pressed On Exception To Gifts Disclosure
A staffer to Sen. Bob Menendez said Wednesday at the bribery trial of the senator and a Florida ophthalmologist that he believed gifts from the doctor did not need to be reported on the senator's annual financial disclosure forms under a "friendship exception" that a prosecutor claimed does not exist.
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October 24, 2017
Menendez Talk Didn't Cause PAC Donation Push, NJ Atty Says
The managing partner of Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC indicated Tuesday at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist that a conversation with the senator did not cause him to begin raising super PAC donations from the doctor and others for Menendez's 2012 re-election bid.
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October 23, 2017
Ex-State Dept. Official Denies That Menendez Made Threat
A former U.S. Department of State official cast doubt Monday on the government's allegation that Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., threatened him during a 2012 meeting with a hearing on port security in the Dominican Republic, marking the second defense witness to undercut that claim at the bribery trial of the lawmaker and a Florida ophthalmologist.