Posted 12/1/2023, 11:00:00 AM
Menendez Splits from Superlawyer, Faces Legal Storm with New Gold Bar Attorney
- Sen. Menendez has split from his superlawyer Abbe Lowell who previously secured his acquittal on bribery charges
- Menendez now represented by attorney Robert Luskin, nicknamed "Gold Bar Bob" for once accepting payment in gold bars
- Menendez faces perfect storm of legal troubles and polls showing 70% want his resignation
- One of Menendez's co-defendants has a business partner cooperating with prosecutors since Feb 2022
- The co-defendant's partner has ties to Menendez and lobbied his Senate committee in 2019