So Renato, does U.S. Senator Bob Menendez have a defense to all the charges that have been brought against him?

It's complicated.

I'm Renata Mariati.

I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a legal analyst.

And I'm Asha Rengappa.

I teach national security law at Yale University.

I'm a former FBI Special Agent, and I'm a Legal Contributor for ABC News.

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Bob Bob.

Got yourself.

Well, you know, it's interesting. Yeah, it's funny because the guy I think

started doing this stuff right after he beat the last corruption case, right?

Right after. Like, I think he skated in 2017 because of a hung jury,

and then literally in 2018, hooked up with this woman and started engaging in more shenanigans.

So you know, I mean you know the criminal mind maybe in some ways better than I do like I would feel like you

know the FBI is watching you so you. So why would you think that you would get away with this?

Well, a couple of thoughts.

I mean, first of all, the reason people commit crimes aren't entirely rational.

Okay, that's not the reason that people do it.

One question people ask themselves all the time, it's like, why don't people, you know, draw some lines or don't get so greedy?

You know, a lot of times the way people get caught a fraud for example is they

embezzle just a little too much money like if they just embezzle a little bit

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