The prosecutors and defense lawyers delivered final arguments today in the trial of bribes or Nadine Menéndez, wife of former Senator Bob Menéndez, Dm.J., who is a battery to help the agreements of the runners who sold the influence of the senator in exchange for gold bars, cash envelopes and a Mercedes-Benz convertible.
The former senator, who was not present and was sentenced in a separate trial to 11 years in prison on bribery, acting as a foreign agent and obstruction charges, the sum of the government was repeatedly referenced. Nadine Menéndez, who faces similar charges, sat in silence in the courtroom between her two lawyers, with a pink mask.
Prosecutor Paul Monteleoni delivered the final argument of the government over several hours, qualifying Bob Menéndez in the “Crime Partner” of Bob Menéndez. He walked through the jury through the 18 charges against Nadine Menéndez, claiming that she acted as a corridor, selling her husband’s political power in a series of schemes.
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Nadine Menéndez, wife of former Senator Robert Menéndez, leaves the Federal Court in New York, USA, on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
The prosecutors said that misconduct included helping a hally headquarters in New Jersey headquarters to pursue a monopoly, interfere in a criminal case at the state level and write a letter for the Egyptian government to help the help of the United States.
In return, Monteleoni told the jury that Nadine Menéndez received cash envelopes, 1 kilograms gold bars, a well -paid job and a luxury convertible.
“He did it to get a convertible,” said Monteleoni. Finally, Hey added: “The defendant is guilty of all counts.”
The former American senator Bob Menéndez speaks with the press after his sentence for a bribery conviction in New York, United States, on January 29, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu through Getty Images)
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Barry Coburn, which represents the defense, argued that the Government had applied broad definitions of “official acts” and “Quid Pro quo”. He said that most of what was alleged involved a political behavior of routine. “Menéndez must and should not be convicted of any of them,” Toburn touched the jury.
The specifically retreated the claim that a meeting between the former Sen. Menéndez and the attorney general of New Jersey, Gurbir Grewal, amounted to an official act.
“These things are not tested in this case,” Coburn said, added: “The rule of law demands the breach of those charges.”
Nadine Menéndez, wife of former Senator Bob Menéndez, arrives in his opinion at the Federal Court of Manhattan on March 19, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The defense also questioned the credibility of José Uribe, a cooperative witness of the government, who said that much of his testimony lacked corroboration. Coburn pointed out a dinner in which Uribe said that the former senator said: “I saved your butt, not one but twice.” Coburn argued that such statements were not verified and unreliable.
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Judge Sidney H. Stein is scheduled to deliver instructions from the jury on Friday morning at 9:30 am, after which deliberations will begin.