Sen. Bob Menendez buoyed by testimony of top prosecutor, former adviser in bribery trial

Prosecutors at the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez used the testimony of his former campaign manager on Tuesday to try to link alleged bribes of the Democrat to the appointment of New Jersey's top prosecutor three years ago.

Michael Soliman, a former top Menendez political adviser, testified immediately after New Jersey's U.S. attorney, Philip Sellinger, finished two days on the witness stand at the Manhattan federal court trial that is in its sixth week.

Menendez and two New Jersey businessmen are on trial on charges alleging the senator accepted gold bars, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and a luxury car from businessmen from 2018 to 2022 in return for helping them in their business dealings, including by trying to meddle in court cases.