{"id":2243697,"date":"2024-05-13T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-selection-for-new-jersey-democrat-senator-bob-menendez-corruption-trial-begins\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T17:38:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:38:58","slug":"jury-selection-for-new-jersey-democrat-senator-bob-menendez-corruption-trial-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-selection-for-new-jersey-democrat-senator-bob-menendez-corruption-trial-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Selection Starts for New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez&#8217;s Corruption Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjury-selection-for-new-jersey-democrat-senator-bob-menendez-corruption-trial-begins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jury selection commenced for\u2063 New Jersey\u2062 Senator Bob Menendez, accused of\u2063 bribery for foreign interests. Federal prosecutors filed 16 charges, including bribery, fraud,\u200b extortion, \u200cand acting as a foreign agent \u200dfor Egypt. The trial involves alleged associates and Menendez&#8217;s wife, \u200dNadine, \u200dfacing accusations.\u2064 The case unfolds in Manhattan, implicating cash, gold bars, and\u200d a \u200dMercedes-Benz in the bribes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bob-menendez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Menendez<\/a> (D-NJ), who is accused of taking bribes to wield his influence to benefit foreign nations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Federal prosecutors have charged Menendez with 16 criminal counts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/13\/bob-menendez-trial-new-jersey-corruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">commit honest services fraud<\/a>, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right, a charge accusing him of conspiring to act as a foreign agent for Egypt, obstruction of justice, and other related corruption charges. The allegations include claims that Menendez was bribed with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes-Benz. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Menendez was the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when federal investigators say the bribery scheme took place. After he was first charged in September 2023, he stepped down as chair, though he is still on the committee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The trial, taking place in Manhattan, and expected to last weeks. Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, two New Jersey businessmen accused of being involved in the bribery scheme, are being tried with Menendez. A third alleged associate of Menendez, Jose Uribe, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/businessman-pleads-guilty-to-corruption-charges-will-testify-against-new-jersey-democrat-senator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pled guilty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in March to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-antonio-delgado-named-ny-lieutenant-gov-replaces-democrat-who-was-indicted\/\" title=\"Rep. Antonio Delgado Named NY Lieutenant Gov, Replaces Democrat Who Was Indicted\">honest services wire fraud<\/a>, obstruction of justice, and tax evasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mendendez\u2019s wife, Nadine, will be tried in July over accusations that she was part of the bribery scheme. During his plea deal, Uribe said that Nandine was given a Mercedes-Benz with the expectation Menendez <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/menendez-uribe-federal-bribery-indictment-a7f1d893f1ee387f079161011e9dd37e?taid=65e2224817ae090001089d55&#038;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&#038;utm_medium=AP&#038;utm_source=Twitter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">would<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  use \u201chis power and influence as a United States senator to get a favorable outcome and to stop all investigations related to one of my associates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to federal prosecutors, the alleged bribes were intended to benefit Egypt and protect Hana, Daibes, and Uribe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-menendez-indicted-democratic-new-jersey-senator-faces-federal-charges-of-alleged-bribery\/\" title=\"Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey indicted on federal charges for alleged bribery.\">bribes included cash<\/a>, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,\u201d the indictment said. Federal authorities reportedly found gold bars and cash stuffed throughout the senator\u2019s home that they traced back to the businessmen Menendez allegedly worked with. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Menendez is also accused of ghostwriting a letter to other senators to urge them to support ending a hold on $300 million in military aid to Egypt, a letter reportedly written in coordination with his wife and the businessmen in question. Other charges say he attempted to use his influence to benefit Qatar. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The New Jersey Democrat has pleaded not guilty to the charges and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-senator-menendez-poised-to-blame-his-wife-for-alleged-crimes-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> plans to blame Nadine. Menendez previously faced federal corruption charges in 2017, but the case ended in a mistrial.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jury selection commenced on Monday for the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), facing allegations of receiving bribes to misuse his authority for foreign interests. Federal prosecutors brought forth 16 charges against Menendez, including bribery, honest services fraud, and extortion under official pretenses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2243698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2152222459.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2152222459.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}