October 19, 2017
A former foreign policy adviser to Sen. Bob Menendez testified Thursday that she did not recall him threatening to hold a hearing during a 2012 meeting with a U.S. Department of State official, challenging one of the prosecutors' claims at the bribery trial of the senator and a Florida ophthalmologist.
October 18, 2017
A former staffer of Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday said the senator did not speak in an angry tone in 2009 when challenging a policy underlying an $8.9 million Medicare overbilling dispute involving a Florida ophthalmologist, contradicting earlier testimony from a government witness at the senator and doctor's bribery trial.
October 17, 2017
Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., showed up unannounced in 2010 at the home of a Florida ophthalmologist and slept there on the same weekend when Sen. Bob Menendez traveled to and from the Sunshine State at the physician's expense, according to testimony Tuesday at the senator and doctor's bribery trial.
October 16, 2017
The New Jersey federal judge presiding over the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist on Monday rejected their argument that the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark McDonnell decision invalidated the stream of benefits theory behind most of the charges, sinking their bid for acquittals.
October 10, 2017
A Florida ophthalmologist's lawyer interacted with Sen. Bob Menendez's staff in 2012 on advocating to executive branch officials about a Medicare policy affecting the doctor around when the physician made $600,000 in political donations benefiting the New Jersey Democrat, according to testimony Tuesday at the senator and doctor's bribery trial.
October 04, 2017
The managing partner of Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC in 2012 sent a super PAC $600,000 in checks issued by the medical practice of a Florida ophthalmologist and the donations were earmarked for Sen. Bob Menendez's re-election bid that year, according to testimony Wednesday at the senator and doctor's bribery trial.
October 03, 2017
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified Tuesday at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist that the senator at a 2012 meeting cited the unclear and unfair nature of a policy underlying an $8.9 million Medicare overbilling dispute involving the doctor.
October 02, 2017
Sen. Bob Menendez twice spoke in a "hostile" manner in challenging the policy underlying an $8.9 million Medicare overbilling demand made against a Florida ophthalmologist, a former high-ranking official with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services testified Monday at the senator and doctor's bribery trial.
September 28, 2017
A Florida ophthalmologist agreed to provide $60,000 in political donations requested by Sen. Bob Menendez's chief of staff on the same day when another staffer sought to arrange a meeting with a U.S. Department of State official to partly discuss an issue affecting the physician, according to testimony Thursday at the senator and doctor's bribery trial.
September 27, 2017
Former Sen. Tom Harkin testified Wednesday at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a Florida ophthalmologist that he met with them in 2011 at the senator's request to discuss an $8.9 million Medicare overbilling dispute involving the physician, saying he was only asked to attend the meeting and listen to the doctor.