‘Just John’s little guy’: FBI wiretaps reveal power play between union leader, council member

Menendez, 70, is accused of engaging in a bribery scheme from 2018 to 2023 to benefit three New Jersey businessman, including by serving as a foreign agent.

“Dougherty’s crimes have inflicted immeasurable harm upon Local 98 and the City of Philadelphia," federal prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo.

The attorney said there were too many gaps in evidence that prosecutors wanted jurors to fill in to conclude crimes were committed.