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.
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.
Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, was found guilty of bribery, conspiracy, extortion, obstruction of justice and acting as a foreign agent.
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.
In a closing statement, a prosecutor said the Menendez home was awash in cash and walked jurors through what the government has called a complicated web of corruption.
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.
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.
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.
At Senator Robert Menendez’s bribery trial, an investigator described surveilling diners at a Washington restaurant. Among them were Mr. Menendez and an Egyptian official.
Senator Robert Menendez is accused of a complicated corruption scheme. His lawyers have tried to shift the blame to his wife, Nadine, who is also charged.
Prosecutors immediately asked the judge to reconsider his ruling, which could undermine their ability to prove certain elements of their case against Senator Robert Menendez.
Senator Robert Menendez’s wife never signed a loan document before a man also charged in the bribery case arranged to pay her mortgage, a witness testified.