Allon Lifshitz Quoted in Reuters Article

Partner Allon Lifshitz recently contributed comments in a Reuters article, Prosecutors rest case in Menendez corruption trial, paving way for senator's defense (June 28, 2024).

Federal prosecutors rested their case on June 28 in U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s high-profile corruption trial. Menendez, accused of accepting bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes-Benz, faces 16 criminal charges including bribery, acting as a foreign agent, and obstruction.

Allon, a former federal prosecutor, noted that prosecutors will encourage the jury to draw logical inferences from the evidence. Even without direct proof of Bob Menendez discussing bribes, the government will argue that he must have known what was happening—especially when performing favors for individuals close to his wife while she received luxury gifts.

“The prosecution will stand up and tell the jury that when Mrs. Menendez asks the senator to do favors for people in her life, he had to know that at the same time she was receiving the Mercedes, the gold bars and the mortgage payments,” he commented.