Attorneys for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez argued in court Thursday that the corruption case against him should be dismissed because the grand jury that indicted him was biased, prosecutors used hearsay evidence and salacious material was presented to inflame jurors.
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has renewed his attack on the federal government's corruption case against him and a Florida eye doctor in court filings that accuse prosecutors of ginning up the 22-count indictment out of a "fixation on sex and salacious headlines."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department pushed back Monday against efforts by Sen. Bob Menendez to dismiss the corruption indictment against him, calling the case the result of an "exhaustive, focused and disciplined" investigation that spanned more than two years.
If you are a New Jersey resident who thinks U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is guilty of corruption as charged you are not alone, according a to new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll released Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Bob Menendez, who is under indictment, is making the best of his diminished status in international matters, backing bipartisan changes to a measure he had co-authored regarding Iran's nuclear program.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Bob Menendez took a business-as-usual approach Monday when he returned to Congress for the first time since his April 1 indictment on federal corruption charges.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A criminal prosecution of Sen. Bob Menendez would represent a major test for a Justice Department anti-corruption unit that recently scored the conviction of a former Virginia governor, but endured humbling setbacks in cases against two former U.S. senators.