On Wednesday, attorney Avi Weitzman, representing Mr. Menendez, told jurors his client was unaware that his spouse had accepted gifts from the three businessmen and did not know about cash and gold bars hidden in a closet at their home.
Bob Menendez reveals wife Nadine has breast cancer as first evidence entered in his corruption trial
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He said Menendez “took no bribes and did not accept any cash, or gold, or a car.”
Lawyer opens defense of Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife
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