Bob Menendez called a corrupt senator who traded power for gold by prosecutor as trial opens
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At the opening of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's trial, a prosecutor pointed the finger at him, calling the Democrat corrupt and telling a federal jury in New York on Wednesday that he traded his power in return for bribes of gold bars, cash and a car. Later, Menendez's lawyer called prosecutors "dead wrong."