Sen. Bob Menendez traded power for gold, cash, prosecutor alleges

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal jury was alternately introduced to Bob Menendez as a bribe-taking U.S. senator who betrayed his country and as an American patriot Wednesday as a prosecutor and defense lawyer delivered contrasting visions of the once-powerful Democrat at the start of his New York corruption trial.

Central to the openings from both the government and the senator’s advocate in Manhattan federal court was Nadine Menendez, a woman the Democrat began dating in early 2018 before marrying...