{"id":2246223,"date":"2024-05-16T16:45:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-menendez-announces-cancer-diagnosis-as-bribery-trial-begins\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T16:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:49:11","slug":"sen-menendez-announces-cancer-diagnosis-as-bribery-trial-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-menendez-announces-cancer-diagnosis-as-bribery-trial-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Menendez Reveals Cancer Diagnosis at Start of Bribery Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fsen-menendez-announces-cancer-diagnosis-as-bribery-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=2246223&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>Senator Bob Menendez announced his wife&#8217;s\u2064 battle\u2064 with breast cancer, coinciding with his New\u2064 York\u200b bribery trial. The\u200c New Jersey \u2062Democrat \u2063shared\u2064 his wife&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-admits-to-teen-mental-health-crisis-it-helped-create\/\" title=\"CDC Admits to Teen Mental Health Crisis it Helped Create\">health crisis due<\/a>\u2063 to\u200c media \u2062pressure, expressing concern for \u2064the advanced stage of\u2064 the disease. \u200bThe \u2064trial involving seized assets, and \u200dbribery charges\u2062 is ongoing with testimonies from involved parties.\u2063 Senator \u200bBob Menendez\u2063 disclosed his wife&#8217;s breast cancer diagnosis during his New York bribery trial.\u200b The New Jersey Democrat \u2064revealed\u2063 this information in\u200b response to media inquiries, highlighting the seriousness of the disease. The trial, featuring \u2062seized \u200bassets and bribery \u200daccusations, continues with testimonies \u200bfrom various parties involved.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 16, 2024 at 9:26am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Sen. Bob Menendez said Thursday that his wife has breast cancer and will require a mastectomy, a revelation made just as the presentation of evidence began at his New York bribery trial.<\/p>\n<p>The New Jersey Democrat said he was revealing his wife\u2019s health crisis at her request after repeated inquiries from the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are, of course, concerned about the seriousness and advanced stage of the disease,\u201d the senator said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cShe will require follow up surgery and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-menendezs-wife-undergoing-treatment-for-breast-cancer-amid-senators-corruption-trial\/\" title=\"Senator Bob Menendez's wife fighting breast cancer during his corruption trial\">possibly radiation treatment<\/a>. We hope and pray for the best results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously, lawyers for Nadine Menendez had requested her trial on charges in the case be delayed after she had been diagnosed with a serious health issue. Judge Sidney H. Stein had postponed her trial until at least July. She has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britney-spears-estranged-husband-jokes-about-paparazzi-while-she-posts-about-pain-amid-divorce\/\" title=\"Britney Spears' ex-husband jokes about paparazzi, while she shares about 'pain' during divorce.\">couple began dating<\/a> in 2018 and married two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez issued the statement in an email as opening statements were completed and the presentation of evidence began at his trial in Manhattan federal court with testimony from an FBI agent who led the raid on the Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home he shared with his wife.<\/p>\n<p>The agent, Aristotelis Kougemitros, described the June 2022 raid when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/google-search-gold-bars-might-seal-deal-sen-menendez-bribery-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold bars<\/a> and more than $400,000 in cash were discovered by a team of agents at the home.<\/p>\n<p>He said the agents also recovered cellphones and jewelry among 52 items seized from the home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will Menendez be convicted?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The senator is on trial this week with two of three businessmen who have been charged along with him. The senator has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-dem-senator-bob-menendez-heads-court-enter-conspiracy-charge-plea-refuses-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pleaded not guilty<\/a> to charges of bribery, fraud, extortion, obstruction of justice and acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>A third businessman has pleaded guilty in the case and will testify against the others.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for New Jersey real estate developer Fred Daibes and businessman Wael Hana spoke to jurors Thursday, a day after a prosecutor and Menendez\u2019s lawyer gave opening statements.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Lawrence Lustberg, representing Hana, said prosecutors had built their case against his client on \u201cinnocent acts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Hana was longtime friends since 2009 with Nadine Menendez and that Hana and Nadine Menendez had exchanged expensive gifts over the years. He said there was never a time when Hana either directly to Bob Menendez or indirectly through Nadine Menendez gave a bribe in exchange for official acts by the senator.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Cesar De Castro, representing Daibes, told jurors the case was about relationships and prosecutors were trying to exploit facts about a three-decade friendship between the senator and Daibes to claim crimes occurred.<\/p>\n<p>He said they will conclude his client was not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, attorney Avi Weitzman, representing Bob Menendez, told jurors his client was unaware that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/indicted-dem-senator-appears-likely-blame-wife-trial-court-documents-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spouse had accepted gifts<\/a> from the three businessmen and did not know about cash and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-menendez-flirting-with-reelection-worries-democrats-about-future-seat\/\" title=\"Democrats are concerned about Bob Menendez's reelection and its implications for future seats.\">gold bars hidden<\/a> in a closet at their home.<\/p>\n<p>The statement came after an opening statement by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz in which the prosecutor repeatedly highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-sen-bob-menendez-showed-off-money-filled-safe-nude-lover-15-years-fbi-gold-bars-raid-according-dossier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold bars and cash<\/a> found in the home.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez has held public office continuously since 1986, serving as a state legislator before 14 years as a U.S. congressman.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, then-Gov. Jon Corzine appointed Menendez to the Senate seat he vacated when he became governor.<\/p>\n<p>The trial, which began Monday, is projected to last up to two months.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44902\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44902\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44902\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44902\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44902\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Associated Press is an independent, not-for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-involving-trump-17-house-democrats-and-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Trump, 17 House Democrats, and the Biden Administration\">-profit news cooperative headquartered<\/a> in New York City. 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