 New Jersey's senior senator is charged with 16 felony counts stemming from an alleged bribery scheme. The veteran Democrat's lawyer, in finishing his hours-long closing argument Wednesday afternoon, called the bribery evidence rotten to its core. Menendez is on trial with two New Jersey businessmen who are accused of paying him and his wife with cash, gold bars, and a Mercedes in exchange for using his political influence on their behalf. I'm Michael Kastner.