Menendez Asks Federal Court To Toss Guilty Verdict

The Hill reports:

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and two New Jersey businessmen convicted last month of bribing him have asked a federal judge to toss out their guilty verdicts or grant a new trial.

The Democratic senator claimed the “high-profile” nature of the case precipitated his 16-count conviction on charges spanning bribery and acting as a foreign agent, despite a “surprisingly thin reed of evidence.”

“These convictions will make terrible, dangerous law,” Menendez attorney Adam Fee wrote in the 52-page motion filed Monday. “All of Senator Menendez’s convictions must be reversed.”

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— The Hill (@thehill) August 20, 2024