The selection of the jury began on Tuesday in the trial of the corruption of Nadine Menendez, including the husband, the former American senator. Bob Menendezwas sentenced to 11 years in prison earlier this year for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold and silver.
Nadine Menendez, 58, was initially faced with a test last year with the 71 -year -old democrat, but a diagnosis of breast cancer led to surgery that forced her test to be delayed. She pleaded not guilty of the accusations of having participated in the same corruption program which led to the condemnation of her husband.
What you need to know
- The selection of the jury began Tuesday during the trial of the corruption of Nadine Menendez, whose husband, the former American senator Bob Menendez, was sentenced to 11 years in prison earlier this year for having accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold and money
- Bob Menendez was found guilty of having taken bribes from three New Jersey businessmen in exchange for a variety of favors, in particular by using his influence to help some of them in their relations with foreign governments
- Nadine Menendez pleaded not guilty of the charges of having participated in the same corruption program which led to the condemnation of her husband
Bob Menendez was found guilty of having taken bribes from three New Jersey businessmen in exchange for a variety of favors, in particular by using his influence to help some of them in their relations with foreign governments. The senator was found guilty of having acted as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government. He must present himself to prison on June 6.
The accusations against Bob Menendez in the fall of 2023 forced him to give up his powerful post as president of the Senate Committee for Foreign Relations. He resigned as a senator after his conviction.
Throughout the senator’s two -month trial, Nadine Menendez has been mentioned several times for her relations with businessmen. One of them testified that he had bought a luxury car from Nadine Menendez after the senator tried to ask the prosecutors of the New Jersey to drop a criminal investigation involving one of his associates.
In 2022, FBI agents made a descent into Englewood cliffs, New Jersey, at home where the couple lived, discovering more than $ 100,000 in golden bars and more than $ 480,000 in cash filled in envelopes in shoe boxes, jackets and boots.
The senator at the time argued during his trial that the gold bars belonged to his wife and that the money results from his habit of hoarding money because his parents fled Cuba in 1951 with only the money they had hidden in a grandfather clock.