[Source.](https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/new-jersey-democrat-bob-menendezs-corruption-trial-starts-today/) > Attorneys representing New Jersey’s senior Democratic Senator Bob Menendez will definitely earn their hefty fees over the next five to eight weeks trying to keep their high-profile client from serving 45 years for his alleged crimes. > Their strategy is simple enough: declare that Menendez has some mental and psychological problems that led him to behaving in a corrupt manner. As a backup, they plan on blaming Menendez’s second wife, Nadine, for hiding all the corruption from the good and honorable senator. Her trial begins on July 8.