Menendez Corruption Trial Delayed for One Week
The senator’s trial will start May 13, a week later than planned, to give defense lawyers more time to prepare.
By Benjamin Weiser and Tracey Tully
Benjamin Weiser is a reporter for The New York Times covering the Manhattan federal courts. He has long covered the criminal justice system, both as a beat and investigative reporter.
Before joining The Times in 1997, he worked for 18 years at The Washington Post. There he received the George Polk Award for a 1983 series on life-and-death decisions in hospitals and the Livingston Award for a 1986 series on Washington’s juvenile justice system. He has been a finalist, either as an individual or in a team capacity, for the Pulitzer Prize three times.
The senator’s trial will start May 13, a week later than planned, to give defense lawyers more time to prepare.
By Benjamin Weiser and Tracey Tully
According to newly unsealed documents, Senator Robert Menendez may testify that Nadine Menendez hid information from him, leading him to believe that “nothing unlawful was taking place.”
By Benjamin Weiser and Tracey Tully
The senator has said that money found in his house was from his own savings account. But prosecutors said that at least some of it came from “another person.”
By Tracey Tully and Benjamin Weiser
Nadine Menendez had alerted the court to a health issue and requested a postponement. On Thursday, a judge said Robert Menendez’s case would proceed as scheduled. His wife’s trial will be delayed.
By Benjamin Weiser and Tracey Tully
Ms. Menendez, the wife of Senator Robert Menendez, needs surgery, leaving her unable to prepare for a May 6 trial on bribery charges, her lawyers said.
By Benjamin Weiser and Tracey Tully
Former President Donald J. Trump’s onetime fixer gave his lawyer fake legal citations concocted by the artificial intelligence program Google Bard for a motion the lawyer filed in federal court.
By Benjamin Weiser
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey could appeal the ruling, which could end up delaying his trial for months.
By Benjamin Weiser and Tracey Tully
A lawyer for E. Jean Carroll suggested she could sue the former president again, and his lawyers filed a last-ditch request to delay his upcoming Manhattan criminal trial.
By Benjamin Weiser, Ben Protess and Maggie Haberman
Donald J. Trump is contending with civil penalties that are together worth more than half a billion dollars.
By Benjamin Weiser and Ben Protess
Prosecutors have said Brian Benjamin, the former lieutenant governor of New York, planned to funnel state money to a developer in exchange for campaign donations.
By Benjamin Weiser and Nicholas Fandos