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How Gold Bar Bob Menendez Got His Start

2025/6/11
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Tracy Tully
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Nancy Solomon: 我将讲述新泽西州资深参议员 Bob Menendez 的垮台，他被判犯有贿赂罪，涉及对埃及的清真肉类出口垄断和帮助该国获得美国军事援助。我将深入挖掘细节，试图解开一个谜团：一个成功的政治家，在其权力的顶峰时期，怎么会做出最终毁掉自己的事情？在 Bob Menendez 的审判期间，我亲眼目睹他在法庭外唱歌，这让我印象深刻。 Brooke Gladstone: Bob Menendez 将成为 40 多年来第一位入狱的参议员，他因腐败和贿赂案而闻名。WNYC 制作了一个比大多数媒体报道更深入的播客，名为《死路：金条鲍勃·梅内德斯的兴衰》。 Tracy Tully: 在法庭的休息期间，Bob Menendez 经常唱歌，有时在法庭内，有时在门厅外。有律师认为 Bob Menendez 的歌唱是一种祈祷形式。

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This chapter traces Menendez's early life and career, highlighting key moments that shaped his political persona and rise to power. It explores his origins in Union City, his early activism, and his development of a 'fighter' image.
  • Menendez's upbringing in Union City, New Jersey
  • His early activism and fight for equal access to education
  • Development of his 'fighter' image and its impact on his career
  • His loyalty to those he considers friends

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Bob Menendez will become the first Senator to go to prison in more than 40 years when he reports to federal penitentiary next week.  Most of you will,  no doubt,  be aware of the broad strokes of his corruption and bribery case. You know, the gold bars and cash found in his suburban ranch house. But our home station, WNYC, has produced a podcast that tries to go deeper than much of the media coverage. So we’re bringing you the first episode of Dead End: The Rise and Fall of Gold Bar Bob Menendez)— hosted and reported by Nancy Solomon.

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