SEC, DOJ Officials Probed on Past Handling of Menendez Talks (1)

The New Jersey attorney general’s office is reviewing the conduct of two law enforcement officials as part of a probe sparked by the federal bribery case against US Senator Robert Menendez.

Gurbir Grewal, the enforcement chief at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and Andrew Bruck, a top official at the Department of Justice, are both under scrutiny in what the state attorney general described as an “internal inquiry,” according to people familiar with the matter.

Federal prosecutors say Menendez tried to pressure Grewal in 2019, who was then the state attorney general, to “favorably ...