Sen. Bob Menendez ‘put his power up for sale’ in exchange for gold bar bribes, feds say in closing arguments

Sen. Bob Menendez abused his powerful post to scoop up stacks of cash and gold bars in exchange for serving the whims of New Jersey businessmen and foreign governments, federal prosecutors said Monday as the veteran pol’s bribery trial neared its end. The embattled Garden State Democrat “put his power up for sale,” prosecutor Paul…