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Queens pastor with ties to Eric Adams under federal investigation: Sources
Federal authorities have opened an investigation into Queens pastor Alfred Cockfield and a political action committee he started, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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Bob Menendez will resign NJ seat after guilty verdict in federal bribery case
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said in a letter that he will resign his position in August, a week after he was found guilty on all counts in his federal corruption trial and amid mounting calls for him to step down.
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Sen. Menendez's campaign drops $2 million on legal fees for corruption trial
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s campaign has spent $2 million on defense and legal fees during his corruption case, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.
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Sen. Bob Menendez co-defendant pleads guilty to conspiracy, will cooperate with prosecutors
A co-defendant in the corruption investigation into New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez who was accused of giving the senator’s wife a luxury convertible has agreed to plead guilty and will cooperate with prosecutors, NBC New York has learned.
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Brooklyn ‘Bling Bishop' with ties to NYC mayor goes on trial for fraud Monday
A Brooklyn preacher with ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams went on trial Monday in Manhattan federal court over charges that he looted a parishioner’s retirement savings and tried to extort a businessman to fuel his lavish lifestyle. Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 47, a Rolls Royce-driving bishop, was in court as a jury was being chosen two years after a grand...
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Nadine Menendez claimed she inherited gold bars after mother's death, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife told at least two people that she inherited gold bars from her mother — the same gold bars the FBI has alleged were part of payments to the senator and his wife as part of a wide-ranging bribery scheme.
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Gold bars featured in Bob Menendez bribery case linked to 2013 robbery, records show
At least four gold bars found in the FBI search of Sen. Robert Menendez’s home had been directly linked to a New Jersey businessman now accused of bribing the state’s senior senator, records show
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Paterson city council president and wife stole mail-in ballots to rig 2020 election: AG
Paterson Council Speaker Alex Mendez allegedly stole mail-in ballots along with his wife and two campaign supporters to rig the 2020 election — new allegations that are far broader and more serious than when Mendez was first charged with election fraud in 2021.
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Embattled NJ Sen. Bob Menendez stays defiant, will stay in office while facing bribery charges
Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine, were indicted by a grand jury on federal bribery charges stemming from their relationship with three businessmen, according to court filings, including possible dealings with an admitted felon and the authoritarian regime of Egypt. Here’s the latest in the case
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Ex-top FBI agent pleads guilty to violating US sanctions, working with Russian oligarch
The FBI’s former top spy catcher in New York pleaded guilty to a single count of a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. when he admitted to violating U.S. sanctions and receiving payment from a sanctioned and indicted Russian oligarch in exchange for cash and information on one of his rivals.
