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Excerpt from www.nj.com
The FBI agents stepped quietly inside U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s modest white house tucked in an upscale neighborhood along New Jersey’s scenic Palisades one morning in June 2022, creeping in through the garage.
They were directed to move discreetly, none of the shock and awe of a pre-dawn raid and perp walk. Nobody was even home.
“We were sensitive that we were searching the home and executing a search warrant of a United States senator,” the FBI agent in charge of the search testified as Menendez’s federal corruption trial got underway this week, revealing a treasure trove of new details in the scandal.
New Jersey’s senior senator, along with his wife, Nadine, were at his apartment in Washington, D.C., a four-hour drive from Englewood Cliffs, even on a good day, with light traffic and U.S. government plates.
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