After guilty verdict, calls mount for Menendez to resign
Sen. Bob Menendez has been convicted on federal bribery charges, and pressure is mounting for the New Jersey Democrat to resign.
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Sen. Bob Menendez has been convicted on federal bribery charges, and pressure is mounting for the New Jersey Democrat to resign.
CBS New York's Christine Sloan and Marcia Kramer have the latest on the verdict handed down against the long-time U.S. senator from New Jersey.
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez argued that his wife, Nadine, kept him in the dark about her dealings with three businessmen.
Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted on all charges in his bribery trial. We have team coverage including Jessica Moore, Alice Gainer, Christine Sloan, Marcia Kramer and we hear from legal expert professor James Sample and from prosecutors about the conviction.
CBS New York's political reporter Marcia Kramer breaks down the implications of the conviction of N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez.
Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty on all charges in his bribery trial. Prosecutors spoke out after his conviction.
CBS New York's Alice Gainer and Christine Sloan have been covering the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez since the beginning. Sloan was in the courtroom and described the tense moments as the verdict was read.
Hofstra law professor James Sample spoke with CBS New York's Jessica Moore about the case against N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez, with evidence including gold bars and more.
Sen. Bob Menendez, a powerful New Jersey Democrat, was convicted Tuesday in a sprawling bribery scheme in which he was accused of selling out his office for lucrative bribes, including cash and gold bars. CBS New York's Alice Gainer reports.
Prosecutors allege the New Jersey Democrat and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were bribed with gold bars, cash and a Mercedes.
The New Jersey Democrat and his wife, Nadine Menendez, are accused of accepting bribes from three businessmen in exchange for political favors.
Federal prosecutors accused the New Jersey senator of accepting gold, cash and a Mercedes-Benz convertible as bribes from businessmen.
The New Jersey Democrat and his wife, Nadine Menendez, are accused of accepting bribes from three businessmen in exchange for political favors.
Deliberations began Friday afternoon. CBS New York's Christine Sloan reports.
Closing arguments have wrapped up in the bribery and corruption trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. CBS New York's Alice Gainer reports.
CBS New York's Alice Gainer has the latest from outside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan.
The New Jersey senator's federal bribery trial in Manhattan is getting closer to jury deliberations. CBS New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
The New Jersey Democrat's lawyer argued the prosecution has failed to directly connect evidence of bribery or corruption to the senator.
Closing arguments began Wednesday. CBS New York's Christine Sloan has the story from Lower Manhattan.
Closing arguments are set to continue Wednesday in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery and corruption trial. CBS New York's Elijah Westbrook reports.
A lawyer for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said prosecutors showed jurors "zero evidence of him saying or suggesting that he was doing something for a bribe."
Closing arguments began Monday in New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial, with a federal prosecutor telling jurors that Menendez put his power up for sale in return for bribes.
The New Jersey senator pleaded not guilty to accepting cash and gold bars in exchange for his political influence.
Jurors are expected to have the case by the end of next week.
The defense has rested its case in the bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. The Democrat did not take the stand, but he spoke outside court Wednesday.
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