Credibility of prosecutors' star witness comes under fire in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery trial

Washington — A New Jersey businessman who says he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez by buying his wife a Mercedes-Benz convertible for the purpose of disrupting two criminal investigations was grilled by defense lawyers on Tuesday, admitting to a long list of lies. For a third day, Jose Uribe, an insurance broker who is the prosecution's star witness, took the stand in the Democratic senator's corruption trial.

Uribe testified Monday that he asked the senator directly for his help with quashing the investigations during two meetings in August and September 2019.The first meeting allegedly came months after he said he met Nadine Menendez in a restaurant parking lot, where he claims he handed her $15,000 in cash for the down payment on a luxury convertible. After that, he made monthly payments on the vehicle and sought to conceal his involvement in them, Uribe told jurors.

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