Day nine of U.S. Sen. Menendez’s (D-NJ) bribery trial started on Wednesday with prosecutors continuing to methodically build their case against the indicted senior senator, with attorneys presenting jurors with a catalog of texts, emails, photos and other phone records.
The evidence laid out the relationship between the senior senator, his indicted wife, and the co-defendants from whom they allegedly accepted bribes. The prosecution looked to portray his wife, Nadine Menendez, as the gatekeeper who arranged lucrative meetings with her powerful husband and Egyptian officials, all to secure a halal meat export monopoly that benefited their friend.
The allegations that Menendez acted as an unregistered foreign agent to Egypt are arguably the most damning. but prosecutors still have a ways to go in proving the scheme as week three of the trial continues.
