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Menendez seeks new trial over evidence-handling issue
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Defense cites evidence that should have been redacted
Bob Menendez, the disgraced former U.S. senator who was convicted on federal corruption charges earlier this year, is seeking a new trial. Menendez's defense team on Wednesday filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that jurors were unfairly prejudiced against him after prosecutors allowed them to view evidence that should have been redacted.
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Menendez seeks new trial over evidence-handling issue
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Bob Menendez, the disgraced former U.S. senator who was convicted on federal corruption charges earlier this year, is seeking a new trial. Menendez's defense team on Wednesday filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that jurors were unfairly prejudiced against him after prosecutors allowed them to view evidence that should have been redacted.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWe've learned tonight, former new Jersey senior U.S.
Senator Bob Menendez wants his corruption conviction tossed and the right to a new trial.
The former senator's legal team says it's requesting the new trial, after prosecutors revealed earlier this month they gave jurors several pieces of evidence that were not redacted as they were supposed to be.
The prosecutors reported this error to the judge earlier this month and argued it did not warrant a new trial.
But according to Reuters, Menendez's defense team says those pieces of evidence were the only ones that tied him to the prosecution's allegations that he accepted bribes in exchange for political influence for Egyptian officials.
Menendez was found guilty on all 16 counts of corruption and bribery after a two month trial.
This summer, he resigned his position in August.
At his post verdict news conference, his defense team vowed to appeal and continue fighting.
This filing comes one day after Menendez's wife and codefendant, Nadeen, requested her trial be postponed because her lawyers may be tied up in a separate case in Washington linked to the January 6th riot.
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