text:  Prosecutors started with a blow-by-blow description of the stacks of cash and gold bars that were stuffed into jackets, boots, and shopping bags in the Menendez home. And I have to say, I've never seen a half a million dollars in cash, and those photos make an impression. There was key testimony from one of the businessmen charged in the bribery scheme who pled guilty and testified that he bought a Mercedes-Benz for Nadine Menendez.