Benjamin Weiser

Fred Daibes, a real estate developer charged along with Senator Robert Menendez, began feeling sick during the fifth week of the corruption trial, delaying it for at least a few days.

After seven weeks of trial, lawyers for Senator Robert Menendez are expected to begin calling witnesses on Monday to rebut the government’s case.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of Donald J. Trump, was at the center of the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of Donald J. Trump, was at the center of the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Senator Robert Menendez, met with prosecutors last fall to plead his case. Days later, the senator was indicted on bribery charges.

Senator Robert Menendez is charged in an international corruption scheme. Prosecutors portrayed him as “Scrooge McDuck swimming in gold coins,” his lawyer told the jury.

Robert Menendez is the first senator indicted under the foreign-agent statute. He is accused of aiding the Egyptian government in exchange for gifts.

Senator Robert Menendez is charged with 16 separate crimes, including bribery, obstructing justice and acting as an agent of a foreign government.

The Supreme Court has narrowed the legal definition of corruption, with political figures in New York and elsewhere having their convictions overturned as a result.

The failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist, has already led to murder-for-hire charges against members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran.