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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Larry Neumeister

Ex-US Sen. Bob Menendez seeks new trial, citing prosecutors' recently admitted error

Menendez Bribery - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Bob Menendez asked a judge Wednesday to set aside guilty verdicts that forced his resignation from the U.S. Senate and grant a new bribery trial.

Lawyers for the New Jersey Democrat said in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that a recent revelation by prosecutors that improper evidence was put on a computer used by jurors during deliberations means that a new trial is “unavoidable.”

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