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Bob Menendez ‘Entitlement’ Led to Cash, Gold Bribes, US Says
US Senator Bob Menendez acted with “entitlement” as he took bribes of cash, gold bars and a Mercedes Benz while promising to help businessmen and the nation of Egypt, a prosecutor argued to jurors Tuesday at his corruption trial. Assistant US Attorney Paul Monteleoni portrayed the New Jersey Democrat as a meticulous organizer of several schemes that enriched him and his wife Nadine, who served as a key go-between to two businessmen also on trial, Wael Hana and Fred Daibes. Acting carefully to cover his tracks, Menendez subtly pursued bribes for years while promising to use his power to help those who paid him, ... (full story)