Grimacing ‘Gold Bar’ Bob Menendez Enters New Jersey Home With Embarrassing Medical Treatment During Ongoing Bribery Case
Senator Bob Menendez has spent an awful lot of time sitting during his court appearance for his ongoing bribery case, so much so that it could have led to an uncomfortable and embarrassing medical condition.
Exclusive footage from DailyMail.com shows the embattled New Jersey Democrat leaving his car at home on Wednesday with haemorrhoid cream in his hand.
In the photos, Menendez can be seen holding a box of RectiCare, a cream intended to help users deal with the discomfort caused by swollen anus and rectal veins.
It appeared he was also in pain, as the footage shows the lawmaker’s grimace, possibly due to the discomfort of the condition.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was seen coming home with a box of hemorrhoid cream in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The senator is on trial in New York City and returned to his home in New Jersey this morning with luggage. Bob was seen blocking keypad access to his garage with his suit bag as he dialed the code to enter his garage
Menendez also had his luggage in tow when he arrived at his home, although it is unknown why he had the luggage as he lives just a few miles from Manhattan, where his ongoing trial is taking place.
Besides the hemorrhoids, it’s already been a rough week for Menendez.
On Tuesday, new images in his ongoing bribery case revealed his cluttered home littered with gold bars and wads of cash in Timberland boots and in his bed.
The images of $100, $50 and $20 bills strewn throughout the New Jersey Democrat’s unkempt home were shown to the jury during his ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan.
The photos were taken during the FBI raid on Menendez’s home in June 2022.
He and his wife Nadine are both charged in a bribery scheme involving gold bars, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash payments and a luxury Mercedes-Benz convertible.
He is accused of using his influence as the powerful then-chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to benefit a handful of businessmen and the government of Egypt.
Menendez, Nadine and two New Jersey businessmen – Wael Hana and Fred Daibes – have pleaded not guilty.
The lawmaker was spotted with a box of RectiCare as he got out of his car at his New Jersey home
He noticed a grimace as he got out of his car, possibly indicative of the pain caused by hemorrhoids
The old politician came home, got out of his car with the cream and went inside
When he got home, he had the hemorrhoid cream, a metal water bottle, a suitcase and luggage with him
It is unknown why he needs luggage to attend his court appearance in Manhattan, which is just miles from his home in New Jersey
The Democrat also held up his bag to hide the code he entered to open his garage
The luggage shows the lawmaker could choose to stay in Manhattan during his trial so he doesn’t have to spend an hour traveling back and forth
After entering his garage code, the senator walked into his home and disappeared from view
Last week, Menendez’s legal team threw Nadine under the bus, saying she kept gold bars in the couple’s home without lawmakers’ knowledge.
His defense strategy was revealed despite Nadine announcing she has breast cancer.
The Democrat’s attorney, Avi Weitzman, claimed during opening remarks that the “gold bars were found in a locked closet” and that it wasn’t the lawmaker’s closet, but “it’s Nadine’s closet.”
He then pulled out a photo of the closet and highlighted how it was filled with Nadine’s clothes.
“The senator didn’t know the gold bars were there,” Weitzman told the jury.
However, federal prosecutors allege that Menendez was directly involved in the bribery scheme.
“This case is about a public servant who put greed first. Who put his power up for sale,” U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz said Wednesday.
‘This was not politics as usual. This was politics for profit.”
‘He was powerful. He was also corrupt. And what was his price? Gold bars,” Pomerantz said.
Money was even put into a Timberland boot found in his home
The photos of $100, $50 and $20 cash all over the New Jersey Democrat’s home were shown to the jury during his ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan.
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) arrives in federal court on May 21
Senator Bob Menendez’s home was littered with gold bars and stacks of cash
Stacks of cash were found throughout Menendez’s home
Footage was captured by the FBI during their raid on the Menendez home in June 2022
Documents containing cash were discovered
“The scheme lined his pockets, it lined his wife’s pockets, and it fed their greed.”
“Menendez abused his positions to feed his own greed and keep his wife happy,” federal prosecutors said.
Pomerantz even claimed that Menendez used his wife to handle communications as part of the bribery scheme.
“He used Nadine as an intermediary to deliver messages to and from the people who paid bribes.”
Judge Sidney H. Stein, who is presiding over the case, told potential jurors that renowned lawmakers, former White House officials and even one man believed to be in the running for a vice presidential position for Trump could all be called in to to testify in the high-profile corruption case.
More cash in $20 bills was spewed throughout the house
More photos were taken of what appears to be a safe
The jury was shown the exhibits of all the money found around Menendez’s home
The list of potential witnesses released by Stein included: Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Lindsey Graham, RS.C., Tim Scott, RS.C., Cory Booker, DN.J., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Chris Coons, D-Del., Patrick Leahy , D-Vt., Kristen Sinema, I-Ariz., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.
It also includes former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Treasury Secretary. Steve Mnuchin, former senior adviser to President Obama David Axelrod and Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y.
The list of potential witnesses specifically mentions Scott, who is said to be a top choice for Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate.
It also mentions two of the former president’s closest advisers: Mnuchin and Pompeo.