Closing arguments are set to begin at the bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. The closings are expected to start Monday afternoon as the trial enters its ninth week in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors will try to tie together the evidence they've presented against the Democrat.
Republicans move to adopt a platform at Trump's behest without an explicit call for a national abortion ban, AP sources say.FILE - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves Manhattan federal court, May, 14, 2024, in New York. The closings were scheduled to start in the afternoon as the trial enters its ninth week in Manhattan federal court.
In addition to testimony from several dozen witnesses, prosecutors introduced hundreds of documents, emails, text messages, phone records and other factual evidence. Nadine Menendez, 57, the senator’s wife, is also charged in the case, but her trial has been postponed while she recovers from breast cancer surgery. She also has pleaded not guilty.
His lawyers have also asserted that Nadine Menendez, who began dating the senator in 2018 and married him two years later, kept him in the dark about her financial troubles and assistance she requested from the businessmen.
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