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Adam Gabbatt

Gold bars and stacks of cash: how Bob Menendez ended up charged with bribery

Bob Menendez speaks in Union City after being charged with taking bribes.
Bob Menendez speaks in Union City after being charged with taking bribes. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

When federal prosecutors raided Bob Menendez’s home in the summer of 2022, they found a staggering haul.

The US senator for New Jersey, one of the most influential and powerful Democrats in the country, had almost $500,000 in cash stuffed into jacket pockets, closets and a safe, along with 13 gold bars, two of them marked as 1kg in weight.

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