Menendez Bribery Defense May Lean on ‘Subtle’ Pitch to NJ AG (1)

Thirteen gold bars. Half a million dollars in cash. A shiny new Mercedes-Benz.

Details of the federal indictment of US Senator Robert Menendez paint a lurid portrait of alleged corruption.

But now one crucial piece – the testimony of a key witness – might offer hope for the defense of the New Jersey Democrat. That witness is Gurbir Grewal, the attorney general of New Jersey during the events in question.

The feds say Menendez tried to pressure Grewal to “favorably resolve” two criminal matters in the state at the behest of a businessman who bribed the senator with a ...