Federal prosecutors rested their corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez on Friday, wrapping up testimony that stretched over seven weeks as they sought to prove his role in an alleged yearslong bribery scheme.
Jurors heard from FBI employees, government officials, the chief counsel and staff director of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, and an insurance broker who testified that he bribed the senator in an attempt to influence state-level investigations to benefit people close to him.
Jose Uribe, the insurance broker, told the jury that Menendez during a dinner in 2020 appeared to acknowledge that he sought to influence the investigations.
