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NEW YORK (NewsNation) — A verdict has been reached in the trial against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who has been accused of accepting bribes in exchange for favors.
Menendez pleaded not guilty to 16 felony charges that he accepted bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, including gold and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from 2018 to 2022.
The trial lasted nine weeks and took place in a Manhattan federal court. The start of jury deliberations had been pushed back a day due to a four-hour prosecution rebuttal.
During the rebuttal, the prosecution repeated much of its five-hour-long closing argument, revisiting the cash and gold found in Menendez’s home and saying there doesn’t need to be a video of the senator accepting the alleged bribes to be able to make the connection. Prosecutors also revisited the testimony of Jose Uribe, one of ...
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