Bob Menendez Poised to Throw Wife Under the Bus With 'She Did It!' Defense in Bribery Trial

Liars lie. Snakes slither. And disgraced New Jersey Democrat Senator Bob Menendez is poised to throw his wife under the bus as the walls close in on him in the couple's bribery trial.

Menendez set the stage on Tuesday.

Lawyers for Menendez, who announced in late March he won't run in the New Jersey Democrat primary as he faces federal corruption charges, asked a U.S. judge to try him separately from his wife, Nadine. They are accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold bars, and a car to help three businessmen from the Egyptian government. Menendez is also charged with acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.

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At trial, Menendez may testify about communications he had with his wife regarding their dinners with Egyptian officials and her explanation of why two of the businessmen gave her “certain monetary items,” according to the March filing. But U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein agreed Tuesday to a media coalition’s request to unseal a passage that showed a rift between the couple.
That passage said the explanations and communications “will tend to exonerate Senator Menendez by demonstrating the absence of any improper intent on Senator Menendez’s part.” They may also incriminate “Nadine by demonstrating the ways in which she withheld information from Senator Menendez or otherwise led him to believe that nothing unlawful was taking place,” according to the filing.
By saying he had no “improper intent” and he may blame her, Menendez signaled he’s prepared at his May 6 trial to break from the united front they’d previously presented. Before the passage was unsealed, Menendez had not publicly blamed his wife for his legal troubles.

Again, liars lie, snakes slither, and Bob Menendez goes full-metal Bob Menendez when the walls close in.

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According to the unsealed passages of the court filing, Menendez plans to testify about what he believes were exculpatory communications with his wife if he decides to take the witness stand in his defense, his lawyers wrote.

While these explanations, and the marital communications on which they rely, will tend to exonerate Senator Menendez by demonstrating the absence of any improper intent on Senator Menendez's part, they may inculpate Nadine by demonstrating the ways in which she withheld information from Senator Menendez or otherwise led him to believe that nothing unlawful was taking place.

The redacted passages in the filing were unsealed after multiple media organizations successfully argued that the public's right to access the documents overrode any concerns by Menendez's attorneys.

Other than Menendez's normal despicability, there might be another reason he's now poised to throw his wife under the bus in a desperate attempt to save his own ass.

As RedState reported on March 5, federal prosecutors filed additional obstruction charges against the 70-year-old senator, accusing him of lying to investigators. The specific charge alleges that Menendez falsely claimed he was only made aware of various mortgage and car payments that two businessmen gave to his wife in 2022.

“In truth and in fact, and as Menendez well knew, Menendez had learned of both the mortgage company payment and the car payments prior to 2022, and they were not loans, but bribe payments,” prosecutors wrote in their indictment.