Current:Home > NewsSecond day of jury deliberations to start in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial -ValueMetric
Second day of jury deliberations to start in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial
View
Date:2025-04-13 15:28:27
NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations are set to resume Monday in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez in New York City.
A jury that began deliberations on Friday with three hours of work is scheduled to resume in the morning in Manhattan federal court. The corruption trial for the New Jersey Democrat is entering its 10th week.
Menendez, 70, has denied charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme from 2018 to 2023 to benefit three New Jersey businessman, including by serving as a foreign agent for the government of Egypt.
He and two businessmen who allegedly paid him bribes of gold and cash have pleaded not guilty.
As he left court on Friday, Menendez told reporters, “I have faith in God and in the jury.”
Last week, lawyers spent more than 15 hours delivering closing arguments as they encouraged the jury to carefully review hundreds of exhibits and hours of testimony.
Prosecutors put a heavy emphasis in their closing arguments on nearly $150,000 of gold bars and over $480,000 in cash seized from the Menendez home during a 2022 FBI raid. They say the valuables were bribe proceeds.
They also insisted there were multiple ways in which Menendez seemed to serve as an agent of Egypt.
Lawyers for Menendez insisted the three-term senator never accepted bribes and actions he took to benefit the businessmen were the kinds of tasks expected of a public official.
They said his actions to help speed $99 million in military shipments of helicopter ammunition to Egypt, while other communications he carried out with Egyptian officials were also part of his job as a senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a position he was forced to relinquish after charges were announced last fall.
Menendez announced several weeks ago that he plans to run for reelection this year as an independent.
veryGood! (2)
Related
- 9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in upheaval after surprise order by US defense chief
- College Football Player Teigan Martin Dead at 20
- RHOA's Kandi Burruss Reveals Why Using Ozempic Left Her Feeling Depressed
- Bible: You'll Want to Check Out Khloe Kardashian's Style Evolution
- Hidden Home Gems From Kohl's That Will Give Your Space a Stylish Refresh for Less
- Biden and Trump go head to head: How to watch the first general election presidential debate
- Judge receives ethics fine after endorsing a primary candidate at a Harris County press conference
- Fed up with the UK Conservatives, some voters turn to the anti-immigration Reform party for answers
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- IRS is creating unconscionable delays for a major issue, watchdog says. Here's what to know.
Ranking
- Federal court filings allege official committed perjury in lawsuit tied to Louisiana grain terminal
- New law bans ‘captive hunting’ in Rhode Island
- WikiLeaks' Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after pleading guilty to publishing U.S. secrets
- Lainey Wilson reveals track list for 'Whirlwind': What to know about country star's new album
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Disappointed Alex Morgan Left Off Women's Soccer Roster For Paris Olympics 2024
- San Diego brush fire prompts home evacuations, freeway shutdowns as crews mount air attack
- Kourtney Kardashian Details How She Keeps Her “Vagina Intact” After Giving Birth
Recommendation
Report: Lauri Markkanen signs 5-year, $238 million extension with Utah Jazz
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden administration's contacts with social media companies
What to know about Alex Morgan's legendary USWNT career
What you need to know for NBC's 2024 Paris Olympics coverage
Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plant
Michael Phelps slams Olympic anti-doping efforts during testimony
Teresa Giudice’s Daughter Milania Graduates High School—And We Bet You Feel Old AF