Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez Plans to Resign After Bribery Conviction
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has reportedly told allies he will resign from Congress after being found guilty on all charges in his federal corruption trial. NBC News reports Said The New Jersey Democrat has indicated he will step down soon after having previously shown defiance and refused to accept calls from dozens of Senate Democrats […]
U.S. Senator Who Called Bitcoin 'Ideal Choice for Criminals,' Convicted of Bribery – CoinDesk
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez (Democrat), a vocal critic of cryptocurrencies, was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday of accepting bribes, including gold bars and luxury cars, in exchange for political influence. Stacey Herbert, a member of El Salvador’s President Najib Bukele’s National Office for Bitcoin (ONBTC), said: I wrote to X While Senator […]
Top moments from Bob Menendez’s bribery and corruption trial
The bribery and corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has featured everything from gold bars to meat monopolies, silver bells to Cuban quirks, Mercedes convertibles to Egyptian camels. The trial took nine weeks. It was complex and delved into serious charges against the longtime lawmaker, his wife, two New Jersey businessmen on trial with him, […]
Feds blast ‘Gold Bar Bob’ Menendez’s blame-his-wife defense at bribery trial
Federal prosecutors argued Tuesday that Sen. Bob Menendez’s brazen plan to pin the blame for his far-reaching bribery scheme on his wife was simply a “desperate” excuse to avoid his own responsibility. “There’s no way she could have fooled him into not knowing what she was doing,” prosecutor Paul Monteleone told jurors in Manhattan federal […]
CREW files bribery complaint against Trump over oil industry donations
The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a bribery lawsuit calling on the Department of Justice to investigate former President Trump’s solicitation of campaign contributions from fossil fuel executives. The former president met with oil industry executives in April and asked for $1 billion in campaign contributions, The Hill […]
Ex-CBP officer convicted of bribery after allowing drugs, illegals to cross border
The Department of Justice announced earlier this week that a former Customs and Border Protection agent was convicted of accepting bribes from a group attempting to smuggle drugs and illegal immigrants across the southern border. A federal jury convicted Leonard Darnell George on Monday of two counts of accepting a bribe from a public official, […]
Five Convicted In $250M Fraud Case Amid Juror Bribery Incident
Five people were convicted Friday of participating in a massive fraud scheme that embezzled more than $40 million from federal funds meant to feed children during the pandemic, the New York Post reported. The case attracted widespread attention due to an alleged attempt to bribe jurors with $120,000 in cash hidden in Hallmark gift bags […]
Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke charged over alleged bribery scheme
Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke was arrested Friday on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for steering government contracts to companies that promised easy jobs, according to the Department of Justice. Burke served as vice chief of naval operations during the Trump administration, the second-highest ranking Navy official, for several months before being implicated in […]
Retired Navy admiral charged with bribery for allegedly offering government contract in exchange for job
Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke was arrested Friday on suspicion of bribery involving government contracts, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Also arrested were Yong-chul “Charlie” Kim and Megan Messenger, co-CEOs of a company the Justice Department did not name, for allegedly engaging in a scheme to secure government contracts in exchange for offering […]
Dem Texas Rep Indicted on Bribery Charges Used Campaign Money for Legal Fees
Democratic lawmakers accused of bribery spent about half of their 2024 campaign funds on legal services, according to data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Of the approximately $1.6 million in campaign funds raised by Representative Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Spenthe reportedly spent about $784,900 on legal services, according to an open secret analysis of FEC […]