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Sen Menendez, Wife Want Luxury Lifestyle Barred at Trial
US Senator Robert Menendez and his wife don't want jurors at their upcoming corruption trial to learn about the power couple's luxurious lifestyle that included cigars, handbags and jewelry.
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... Lawyers for Menendez and his wife, Nadine, objected Friday to prosecutors seeking to offer such evidence in New York federal court, where they're accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold bars and a car in exchange for political favors for three businessmen. Jurors shouldn't be told about their "preference for expensive luxury items" including his preference for Bombay Sapphire Gin, cigars and upscales meals on a limited salary, and her handbags and jewelry while desiring a Mercedes-Benz, according to separate filings by the couple's lawyers. "There is no yacht or vacation home that was draining Senator Menendez's finances," lawyers for the New Jersey Democrat wrote in the filing. "He lived well within his means as a federal government employee." Menendez's lawyers ridiculed prosecutors for trying to brand run of the mill purchases as luxury items. $23.99 Gin Nothing about a bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin, which sells for $23.99, "smells of excess," they said. But in the flurry of Friday filings, prosecutors also included new details about their investigation of Menendez's relationship with a medical testing company that hired his wife. The judge had previously said the company's owner was "an alleged beneficiary of the bribery scheme," one filing said. ...
Jurors shouldn't be told about their "preference for expensive luxury items" including his preference for Bombay Sapphire Gin, cigars and upscales meals on a limited salary, and her handbags and jewelry while desiring a Mercedes-Benz, according to separate filings by the couple's lawyers.
"There is no yacht or vacation home that was draining Senator Menendez's finances," lawyers for the New Jersey Democrat wrote in the filing. "He lived well within his means as a federal government employee."
Menendez's lawyers ridiculed prosecutors for trying to brand run of the mill purchases as luxury items.
$23.99 Gin
Nothing about a bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin, which sells for $23.99, "smells of excess," they said.
But in the flurry of Friday filings, prosecutors also included new details about their investigation of Menendez's relationship with a medical testing company that hired his wife. The judge had previously said the company's owner was "an alleged beneficiary of the bribery scheme," one filing said. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-04-06 02:07 PM | Reply
HAHAHAHA
No you --- criminal.
No but it smells of horrible taste.
#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-04-07 10:08 AM | Reply
Who cares. The guy took a few gold bars, so what.
The entirety of the senate robs of us trillions in deficit spending every year to line their pockets to fund every single special interest both sides have, just to get the bill passed.
#3 | Posted by CommonCents816 at 2024-04-07 10:51 PM | Reply
Who cares. The guy took a few gold bars, so what. - common
Agreed at this pount what difference does it make.
The entirety of the senate robs of us trillions in deficit spending every year to line their pockets to fund every single special interest both sides have, just to get the bill passed - more common cents
You're battling two fer two...
Taxation at this point is theft, lining the pockets of friends and family.
#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-04-07 11:00 PM | Reply
"Taxation at this point is theft"
Nonsense. We're running deficit budgets. Taxation doesn't even pay our monthly bills.
#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-04-07 11:05 PM | Reply
Your honor, my wife and I do not live in luxury. Why, just look at these tattered jeans my wife must wear. These cost her $350 and that's the best she can get. We're poor...
#6 | Posted by catdog at 2024-04-08 09:10 AM | Reply
OneTinyNut never paid a dime of taxes.
#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-04-08 10:04 AM | Reply
"Who cares. The guy took a few gold bars, so what. " Menedez may be a thief but he is a piker compared to Trumpy, who tried to steal an entire country.
#8 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-04-08 11:33 AM | Reply
Bombay Sapphire is not a luxury gin.
It's what you order if you find yourself in the unfortunate position of having to order a cocktail at TGI Friday's.
I feel bad for a dude who can't honestly come by a bottle of Bombay Sapphire.
#9 | Posted by madbomber at 2024-04-08 01:55 PM | Reply
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