Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez seeks new trial over inadmissible evidence shown to jury

28 Nov 2024, 08:38 by Darryl Coote · UPI

Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Bob Menendez has asked a judge to dismiss his bribery and corruption conviction and order a new trial on the grounds that the government provided the convicting jury with excluded evidence during deliberations.

Menendez, 70, was a Democratic senator for New Jersey, but resigned from his post in August after he was convicted by a jury in july on 16 counts related to accepting bribes, including gold bars, in exchange for approving military aid for Egypt.