Jury selection begins in trial accusing top Democrat of accepting bribes and acting as unregistered foreign agent.
Jury selection has begun in the corruption trial of Bob Menendez, a top United States senator who is accused of accepting bribes in exchange for a range of favours and acting as an unregistered agent of the Egyptian government.
Menendez, 70, faces 16 criminal charges and is being tried alongside two New Jersey businessmen in Manhattan federal court.
Menendez sat with his lawyers…