A lawyer for Sen. Bob Menendez encouraged jurors on Tuesday to acquit the New Jersey Democrat of all counts in the high-profile corruption case against him, arguing that there’s no direct evidence of the lawmaker discussing a bribe.
Defense attorney Adam Fee bashed the prosecution’s case during the second day of closing arguments at a federal courthouse in Manhattan, where Menendez is on trial on charges that he and his wife raked in high-dollar bribes from New Jersey businessmen.
[Menendez ‘put his power up for sale,’ say prosecutors in closing arguments in Manhattan trial]
