corruption

Gold bar Bob Menendez's wife isn't 'mastermind' of graft scheme — she's ill, isolated 'submissive housewife': friends

Friends are disgusted after his corruption trial defense threw her under the bus. One said they fear for her survival as she battles breast cancer.

Bob 'Gold Bars' Menendez's gall: Blaming his wife in fed corruption trial

Sen. Bob Menendez main defense in his latest federal corruption trial is that his wife did it taking all the bribes, he claims.

Biden omits free vacations at million-dollar homes from ethics forms despite Clarence Thomas outcry

Biden took four vacations at the homes of wealthy supporters in 2023, none of which were listed as gifts on the forms signed by the president.

NJ Sen. Bob Menendez claims he was 'sidelined' by wife Nadine, blames her for alleged bribery in opening remarks at corruption trial 

Opening statements began in a Manhattan court Wednesday in the latest corruption trial against Sen. Bob Menendez.

NJ police chief pleads guilty to lying about affair with subordinate, leading to courtroom confrontation with PBA: report

Andrew Kudrick, the 50-year-old former chief of the Howell Police Department, pleaded guilty to obstruction — leading the department's PBA head to mock him as a "felon" in court.

No jurors chosen on first day of NJ Sen. Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial

The first day at the corruption trial against Sen. Bob Menendez ended with dozens of potential jurors let go and not a single panelist chosen for the jury.

Gold Bar Bob Menendez will claim he hoarded because parents fled Cuba — putting family history on trial

An expert defense witness will say he has "intergenerational PTSD." But he's given different versions of their jobs in Cuba and even who decided to leave.

Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial involving gold-bar 'bribes' set to kick off

Sen. Bob Menendez's latest corruption trial is set to kick off Monday with jury selection as the New Jersey pol battles allegations he accepted bribes including bars of gold and...

Fani Willis' refusal to testify shows utter shamelessness of the gang going after Trump

Why would someone in her position refuse even to testify before a legislative hearing? Could be she has something to hide. But it’s also quite likely she’s afraid of facing...

Scumbag Nathan Wade doesn't give a damn about democracy, like ALL of Trump's prosecutors

These people are the true menaces to the democracy they crow about, not Trump. So (in a perverse way) we should be grateful to Wade and his numbskull arrogance for proving...

'Gold Bar' Bob Menendez's team lashes out at prosecutors for allegedly outing mental health information in fight over shrink testimony

Sen. Bob Menendez blasted prosecutors for allegedly outing his mental health history as the two sides duke it out over whether a shrink can testify at trial.

Feds reject 'Gold Bar' Bob Menendez move to call shrink for testimony that he stashes cash at home due to past trauma

Sen. Bob Menendez shouldn’t be allowed to cause “confusion and distraction” by calling a shrink to testify that he stashes cash at home because of past trauma.

Bob Menendez's wife was reported missing to cops by her other lover during secret trip with senator

Nadine Arslanian left on the TV and lights, pinned a note to the door and didn't even tell her children where she was, attorney Doug Anton is revealing.

Russia detains deputy of defense minister Sergei Shoigu for corruption

The statute that the investigators cited for his detention is for accepting bribes "on a particularly large scale".

Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial start pushed another week to May 13

The corruption trial against Sen. Bob Menendez -- accusing the pol and his wife of accepting gold bars as bribes -- has been postponed until mid-May.

Scratch a 'defender of democracy' like Eric Ciaramella — he's a venal Biden hack

Erica Ciaramella blew the whistle on Trump fro something bis former boss Joe Biden also did. Pure hypocrisy.

Gold Bar Bob Menendez's wife tells friends she will go to prison because of cash crisis

Nadine Arslanian, 57, denies being part of a bribery and corruption plot with the New Jersey Democrat. Her husband nicknamed her "bubbles."

Sen. Bob Menendez may throw wife under the bus in corruption trial, court docs show

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) may argue that his wife “withheld information” and led him to believe nothing illegal was occurring when the couple allegedly accepted cash and gold bars in...

GOP sen rips Biden cabinet member over stock ownership: 'Institutionalized corruption'

Sen. Josh Hawley scolded Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm over her history of owning stock and accused her of being the face of "institutionalized corruption" at the department.

How four generations of Murdaugh brought murder and misery

No one would have predicted Alex Murdaugh would end up sentenced to life in prison — except maybe a Murdaugh being convicted of a crime was long overdue.