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Former Senator Bob Menendez has retrial request rejected

By: Lucas Frau
NorthJersey.com
USA Today Network - New Jersey

..... Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's request for a new trial in his corruption case was rejected by a Manhattan federal court judge on Friday, [12/13/2024] reported ABC news.
..... The ruling stated that there was "no manifest injustice: to the evidence that was presented in the case that would require a new trial, said U.S. District Court Judge Sidney Stein.
..... Menendez was found guilty in July [2024] on all counts, 16 changes in the federal corruption and bribery case. Businessman Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, the co-defendants,w re also fouled guilty on all counts.
..... the federal case accused Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, and three businessmen of being part of a bribery scheme. Authorities said that the former senator and his wife received, among other things, cash, gold bars and a luxury car in exchange for his political influence.
..... Menendez's sentencing will be on January 29. [2025] His wife's trial is set to begin on January 21 [2025] after being delayed when she received a cancer diagnosis.

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