Latest FBI testimony reveals new details in New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial

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>>> INFORM SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ WAS BACK IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY FOR THE CONTINUATION OF HIS BRIBERY TRIAL. DURING CORPORATE PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY HE REVEALED HIS WIFE HAS BREAST CANCER. PROSECUTORS SAY MENENDEZ AND HIS WIFE CEMENTED MORE THAN $480,000 IN BRIBES FOR POLITICAL INFLUENCE WHICH THEY SAY ADVANCED THE INTERESTS OF THE TWO NEW JERSEY BUSINESSMEN AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF QATAR AND EGYPT. AS CHRISTINE SLOAN REPORTS, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COURTROOM TODAY. TAKE A LOOK. >> Reporter: REPORT THAT WITNESS AN FBI AGENT WHO LED THE SEARCH OF THE SENATOR AND HIS WIFE'S HOME. UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION, HE TOLD JURORS HE WAS INCORRECT ABOUT HIS TESTIMONY INVOLVING A PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT BELONGS TO THE SENATOR. SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ'S DEFENSE HAS SAID MOST OF THE GOLD BARS AND CASH SEIZED BY THE FBI SOME ALLEGEDLY BEARING THE FINGERPRINTS OF DEFENDANT FRED DAVIES WERE FOUND IN HIS WIFE'S LONG CLOSET SHE ONLY HAD A KEY TO AND HE NEW NOTHING ABOUT. THE GOVERNMENT ON WEDNESDAY TRIED TO LINK THE SENATOR TO THE CLOSET. FBI AGENT ON THE STAND TELLING JURORS THE SENATOR'S BLAZER WAS IN HIS WIFE'S CLOSE SET BUT ON FRIDAY SAYING HIS TESTIMONY WAS INCORRECT. THEN AGREEING WITH MENENDEZ'S ATTORNEY WHO SAID "THE BLAZER, THE SENATOR'S BLAZER, WAS ON THE BACK OF THE FRONT DOOR TO THE MASTER BEDROOM. "DEFENSE ATTORNEYS MAINTAIN MENENDEZ HAD A LOT OF CASH IN THE BASEMENT BUT THAT HE HAD SPENT YEARS WITHDRAWING IT FROM THE BANK. ADDING THE SERIAL NUMBERS ON THOSE BILLS WERE FROM THE '90'S AND 2,006. PROSECUTORS ALSO PUTTING A CULTURAL AT TAY SHEA WORKING WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BACK IN 2019 ON THE STAND TO BUILD A CASE THE OTHER BUSINESSMAN ON TRIAL BRIBED MENENDEZ AND HIS WIFE WITH CASH AND A CONVERTIBLE BENZ. SO HIS COMPANY COULD HAVE A MONOPOLY ON EGYPT'S HALAL MEAT CERTIFICATION. PROSECUTORS SAY HANNAH DID THAT BY GETTING MENENDEZ WHO WAS THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO STEER MILITARY AID AND SECRET INFORMATION TO EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS. THE SENATOR HIS WIFE HANAA AND DAIBES PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES THAT USDA OFFICIAL SAYING AFTER A TRIP TO THE U.S. EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS GOT RID 10 OF FOUR HALAL COMPANIES AND MADE HA INFORM'S COMPANY THEIR SOLE PROPRIETOR. CHRISTINE SLOAN, CBS TWO NEWS. >> Jessica: WE ARE KEEPING YOU UP TO DATED ON DEVELOPMENTS FROM
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Length: 2min 30sec (150 seconds)
Published: Sat May 18 2024
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