in today s money, power, politics, a federal judge on monday refused to throw out bribery charges against democratic senator bob menendez. the defense had cited the supreme court ruling which overturned corruption charges of former virginia governor bob mcdonald which also narrowed the definition of what constituted corruption. the new jersey senator is charged with illegally accepting favors for years from a close friend and florida eye doctor. those guests allegedly included a three-night stay at a five-star hotel in paris and nearly 575,000 bucks in campaign money all for damn pain favors. you have defended bribery cases in this jurisdiction.