Cash, gold and a luxury car: The eye-popping allegations against Bob Menendez

A lawyer for Menendez, 69, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but the senator said “forces behind the scenes” have tried to silence him and “dig my political grave.” “The excesses of these prosecutors is apparent,” Menendez said in a statement. “They have misrepresented the normal work of a Congressional office. On top of that, not content with making false claims against me, they have attacked my wife for the longstanding friendships she had before she and I even met.” Anticipating this defense, Williams said during his morning...