The newest indictment is a rare glimpse into the mindset of federal prosecutors.
exists between the public official who’s using his influence to benefit another person and the person who’s providing something of value. The question we should be asking here is: Did Menendez conspire and agree to accept bribes in exchange for corruptly using his official influence and authority to benefit his co-conspirators?
This indictment goes into painstaking detail to answer this question in the affirmative. It describes with precision and contemporaneousness the various official actions allegedly taken and the official influence that Menendez allegedly exercised for the benefit of his co-conspirators, as well as detailing what things of value he and his wife allegedly received in exchange. Prosecutors cannot afford another hung jury, the proverbial nightmare for a prosecutor.
In this case, prosecutors are likely to have a field day introducing the extensive concealment evidence described in the indictment. Some examples include:. Menendez’s wife, Nadine, is described in the indictment as the classic intermediary, or middleperson, acting in an effort to keep the senator’s hands clean.
. Prosecutors will attempt to exploit the fact that none of these cash payments, gold bars, furnishings, the Mercedes or any of the other things of value allegedly provided to the Menendezes were ever disclosed by the senator in any annual financial disclosure forms required of public officials.Prosecutors included these and other alleged acts of concealment in the indictment to prove what they were unable to prove six years ago: corrupt intent.
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