Bob Menen­dez tri­al expos­es weird quirks held by New Jer­sey sen­a­tor

Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D‑NJ) bribery and cor­rup­tion tri­al has not only exposed the seedy side of pol­i­tics but has also high­light­ed some quirks held by the once-pow­er­ful Demo­c­ra­t­ic sen­a­tor and his wife, Nadine.
Both are accused of accept­ing bribes from three New Jer­sey busi­ness­men in the form of 13 gold bars, a Mer­cedes-Benz con­vert­ible, and $500,000 in cash. In exchange, fed­er­al pros­e­cu­tors allege Menen­dez greased the wheels in deals that ben­e­fit­ed co-defen­dants Wael Hana and Fred Daibes.

Sen. Bob Menen­dez (D‑NJ) leaves the Man­hat­tan fed­er­al court after the sec­ond day of jury selec­tion in his tri­al on Tues­day, May 14, 2024, in New York. The Demo­c­rat has plead­ed not guilty to bribery, extor­tion, fraud, and obstruc­tion of jus­tice, along with act­ing as a for­eign agent of Egypt. (AP Photo/Stefan Jere­mi­ah)

A third busi­ness­man, Jose Uribe, has already plead­ed guilty and is expect­ed to be sen­tenced Fri­day.
He tes­ti­fied that he offered to buy Nadine Menen­dez a car in exchange for th …