Given how corrupt the non-indicted elected officials are, it clearly does take something cartoonish like gold bars to pique the interest of a prosecutor.
"Oh but we get rid of ours as soon as they're accused!" One, no y'all don't; Biden, Clinton, and Obama are still running around. Two, does that really change fuckin shit? Menendez is still malfeasant; and no judicial, legal, or correctional means Amerika would employ will redress the damages of said malfeasance-- assuming he ever sees them in the first place, rather than getting to plea or pay off.