Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.
Cash stuffed into boots. Envelopes of bills tucked inside jackets emblazoned with the senator's name. Gold bars. Prosecutors in the Sen. Bob Menendez bribery case on Friday released more than 100 photos of the cash and gold seized from the New Jersey Democrat's home, presenting a clearer picture of the evidence shaping his high-profile bribery trial. Menendez is charged with accepting “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in bribes in return for official government acts.
'Did you see the name Nadine on any of the jackets where you found cash?' the prosecutor asked. 'No,' the agent confirmed. Thousands of dollars of cash were also found tucked inside of shoes. An envelope containing $7,500 was found in a right brown boot, according to a spreadsheet detailing evidence from prosecutors. A left brown boot contained an envelope with $7,000, the document said.
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