text:  The corruption trial of a longtime lawmaker, now at the halfway point. After seven weeks of testimony, prosecutors in the bribery trial of New Jersey U.S. Senator Bob Menendez have rested their case. On Monday, it's the defense's turn, where witnesses for the Democrat and two New Jersey businessmen named as co-conspirators will take the stand. The defense claims no crimes were committed and no bribes were paid, despite investigators finding gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz convertible, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in a raid of Menendez's home two years ago,