Tomorrow: Jury Begins Deliberations In Menendez Case

July 11, 2024 Democrats, Scandal

A New York City jury was told Thursday it will begin deliberating criminal charges against Sen. Bob Menendez at his bribery trial on Friday after hearing instructions on the law.

Judge Sidney H. Stein began after 4 p.m. to read the instructions to jurors who heard and viewed evidence over two months before listening to a week of closing arguments in Manhattan federal court.

Prosecutors say the Democrat accepted nearly $150,000 in gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from three New Jersey businessmen from 2018 to 2022 to corruptly abuse his power as a senator to their benefit.

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Jury to begin deliberations Friday in bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez: A New York City jury has been told it will begin deliberating criminal charges against Sen. Bob Menendez at his bribery trial on Friday after hearing instructions on the… https://t.co/pYlvrzewXs pic.twitter.com/QbAbRMPLcD

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