Sen. Bob Menendez arrives to court for criminal trial

Federal prosecutors set out Wednesday to convince jurors that New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez wielded his influence as a veteran Democratic lawmaker in exchange for bribes - including gold bars, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and a Mercedes convertible.
Wearing a gray suit, pink tie and a senate pin on his lapel, Menendez, 70, sat at the defense table as prosecutors began laying out their case against him during opening statements at his corruption trial in Manhattan federal court.
Prosecutors allege the senator doled out political favors to three businessmen and acted as a foreign agent for the governments of Qatar and Egypt in exchange for bribes.
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