A federal judge on Monday denied a request from Sen. Bob Menendez to throw out evidence in his criminal bribery case and to hold a hearing to determine whether the government’s search warrant applications were done properly.
The New Jersey Democrat had challenged five search warrants and argued that the government repeatedly violated his Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
He called efforts to search his cellphone, email and iCloud overbroad and said warrants to search his home — which turned up over $480,000 in cash and gold bars used to accuse him of accepting bribes — as full of crucial misrepresentations and omissions.
