Bob Menendez’s Lawyers Say Senator Hoarded Cash, Gold Because of ‘Intergenerational Trauma’ – By Matthew Xiao (Washington Free Beacon) / May 2, 2024
Lawyers for Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) on Wednesday said the senator hoarded 13 gold bars and nearly half a million in cash at home due to “intergenerational trauma” rooted in his family’s experience as Cuban refugees.
Menendez’s legal team argued that hoarding cash and gold bars at home served as a “coping mechanism” for the senator from his longstanding and untreated trauma, according to a court filing on Wednesday.
The senator and his wife, Nadine Menendez, allegedly traded political favors to the Egyptian government and three businessmen for financial gains. An FBI raid in September on the couple’s $1.2 million house found $480,000 in cash—”much of it stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing, closets, and a safe”—along with gold bars worth around $100,000.
