Bob Menendez’s Lawyers Say Senator Hoarded Cash, Gold Because of ‘Intergenerational Trauma’
Lawyers for Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) on Wednesday said the senator hoarded 13 gold bars and nearly half a million in cash at home due to “intergenerational trauma” rooted in his family’s experience as Cuban refugees. Menendez’s legal team argued that hoarding cash and gold bars at home served as a “coping mechanism” for