
Justice Department drops charges in Menendez retrial
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the remaining federal bribery and corruption charges against Menendez and Melgen.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the remaining federal bribery and corruption charges against Menendez and Melgen.
The DOJ intends to retry New Jersey's senior senator "at the earliest possible date."
The Congressman is encouraged by Governor-elect Murphy's stance on environmental issues.
Criminal Defense Attorney Anthony Iacullo spoke about the possible next steps in the Menendez trial.
A hung jury is not the same as an acquittal, but a mistrial was treated as a huge victory by the defense.
A jury at the federal courthouse in Newark on Thursday was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and wealthy Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen.
The hung jury ...
Menendez expresses optimism after another day of deliberations without a verdict.
The defense is pushing the judge to declare a hung jury and a mistrial. Walls said the current jury, with one new member, has only been meeting since Monday. The original jurors have been deliberating ...
After a dismissed juror told reporters she thought Menendez and Melgen were innocent, defense lawyers said the judge should declare a mistrial.
After three full days of jury deliberations, no verdict was reached and one juror was dismissed. The jury will reconvene Monday and restart deliberations.
Jury deliberations began shortly after 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Before that, the jury heard two powerful presentations by lawyers.
Federal prosecutors told the jury Menendez may have been elected to represent New Jersey, but instead he’s been Dr. Salomon Melgen’s personal U.S. senator.
Judge William Walls charged the jury in the Menendez trial. Deliberations expected to begin Monday.
On Wednesday, Judge William Walls is expected to charge the jury in Sen. Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial.
The day began with Judge William Walls denying a defense motion for a mistrial.
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