Avi Weitzman

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Senator Menendez failed to disclose wealth he claimed was gifts, Senate ethics counsel testifies • New Jersey Monitor

Anna Harden June 28, 2024 0 Comment

Lawyers defending Senator Bob Menendez in his ongoing corruption trial insist that the valuables prosecutors are calling bribes were actually gifts and loans. But under long-standing Senate ethics rules, New Jersey’s senior senator was...

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As federal authorities closed in, Senator Menendez's wife cashed out her money, jeweler tells jury in bribery trial • New Jersey Monitor

Anna Harden June 27, 2024 0 Comment

Senator Bob Menendez's wife sold nearly $250,000 worth of gold bars and coins just weeks before FBI agents raided her Englewood Cliffs home in June 2022, telling her jeweler she needed money to pay...

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Interactions with Egypt were normal work of a US senator, argues defense in Menendez trial • New Jersey Monitor

Anna Harden June 26, 2024 0 Comment

Richard Gere appeared at the federal bribery trial of Senator Bob Menendez in Manhattan on Tuesday. Not personally. Defense attorney Avi Weitzman used the actor's name as an example of all the “private citizens”...

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Senator Menendez held 'strange' secret meetings with Egyptian officials, Senate staffer testifies • New Jersey Monitor

Anna Harden June 25, 2024 0 Comment

As part of her work on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sarah Arkin was tasked with briefing senators on global affairs, coordinating their diplomatic meetings and travel, and accompanying them on these encounters at...

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Former New Jersey Attorney General tells 'gross' story about pressure in Menendez corruption trial • New Jersey Monitor

Anna Harden June 7, 2024 0 Comment

On that day in September 2019, Gurbir Grewal was summoned to Senator Bob Menendez's office in Newark, expecting to discuss a policy issue — possibly new initiatives Grewal, then New Jersey's attorney general, had...