bribery
Sen. Bob Menendez's sister to testify at bribery trial about 'family history' of stashing cash
Squirreling away boatloads of cash — it's all in the Menendez familia.
NY jail workers and officers pocketed bribes to sneak weed to inmates: prosecutors
Westchester County prosecutors said five jail workers, including two current corrections officers, took payoffs to sneak banned items to inmates behind bars, with the scam dating to late 2021.
Five NY jail workers charged in bribery scheme that included corrections officers: prosecutors
Westchester County officials said two corrections officers and three former department employees, including commissary workers, were hit with bribery charges this week.
A Mercedes, Grand Marnier and $250K: How an insurance agent got entangled in Bob Menendez bribery scheme
Jose Uribe testified he tried to bribe Senator Menendez's wife after she said, "Most men who promised her things in the past never come through."
NJ businessman testifies that he bribed 'Gold Bar Bob' Menendez with a Mercedes-Benz
The terms of the deal involved hooking Nadine Menendez up with the new Mercedes-Benz C-300 in exchange for gaining “the power and influence” of the six-term senator “to do anything...
Ex-NJ AG testifies that ‘Gold Bar’ Sen. Menendez pressured him to discuss active case: ‘Whoa, that was gross’
"I can't talk to you about this," Grewal recalled telling the powerful then-head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after Menendez asked him to discuss an "pending criminal matter" in...
Juror in $250M fraud case has $120K cash bribe delivered to her door in a sack -- with note promising more
"This is stuff that happens in mob movies,” said the assistant US attorney trying the case.
Notorious NYC pol probed for bribery after being caught on video offering FDNY inspector the 'best pastrami sandwich'
A notorious political firebrand running for City Council in Brooklyn could be in quite a pickle after being caught on video offering to treat an FDNY inspector.
Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke charged over alleged bribery scheme
Burke, who served as the vice chief of naval operations during part of the Trump administration, was the Navy’s second-highest ranking officer in the months before he took part in...
Gold bar Bob Menendez trial judge rules feds can't use texts related to Egypt aid debates as evidence
A judge blocked prosecutors from admitting several text messages as evidence they argued were "critical" to their case against scandal-plagued Sen. Bob Menendez.
Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez gathering signatures for independent senate run in bid to save political career
Sen. Bob Menendez is petitioning for a chance to run for Senate as an independent candidate in a last ditch attempt to save his political career.
'Gold Bar' Sen. Bob Menendez snarls at Post in defense of wife — days after blaming ailing spouse for legal woes
The embattled senator rushed to the defense of his wife — days after blaming her for his legal woes in a high-stakes bribery trial.
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.
Texas Dem indicted for allegedly accepting $600K in foreign bribes faces bipartisan call to resign
Cuellar and his wife Imelda were charged Friday over claims they took $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijani oil and gas company and a Mexican bank.
'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.
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.
Sen. Chuck Grassley claims credit for indictment of FBI informant who alleged Biden bribes
Sen. Chuck Grassley argued his decision last year to make public bribery allegations leveled against President Biden and his son Hunter by a confidential FBI source led to the man's...
JFK dispatchers charged in 'reprehensible' bribery scheme to let cabbies skip passenger pick-up line: authorities
Nine taxi dispatchers at John F. Kennedy airport are accused of participating in a “reprehensible” scheme in which they took bribes so drivers could cut the line to pick up...
Playboy model accused of offering federal agent $5K to spring felon beau from jail after he's busted with AR-15 style 'ghost gun', meth
The "heart of gold" model — who posed in a bikini on the cover of Maxim New Zealand in December — allegedly told the agent that she was referred to...