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NEW YORK (NewsNation) — A verdict has been reached successful the proceedings against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who has been accused of accepting bribes successful speech for favors.
Menendez pleaded not blameworthy to 16 felony charges that helium accepted bribes from 3 New Jersey businessmen, including golden and hundreds of thousands of dollars successful currency from 2018 to 2022.
The proceedings lasted 9 weeks and took spot successful a Manhattan national court. The commencement of assemblage deliberations had been pushed backmost a time owed to a four-hour prosecution rebuttal.
During the rebuttal, the prosecution repeated overmuch of its five-hour-long closing argument, revisiting the currency and golden recovered successful Menendez’s location and saying determination doesn’t request to beryllium a video of the legislator accepting the alleged bribes to beryllium capable to marque the connection. Prosecutors besides revisited the grounds of Jose Uribe, 1 of the 3 businessmen who were accused of bribing the senator.
A condemnation for Menendez could effect successful situation time.
Menendez proceedings recap
Menendez and his wife, Nadine, had been accused of accepting bribes specified arsenic currency and golden bars from affluent New Jersey businessmen and performing favors successful return. These favors allegedly see meddling successful transgression investigations and taking actions that payment the governments of Egypt and Qatar.
It marked the 2nd time Menendez has faced national corruption charges in a decade.
During closing arguments, Menendez’s defence attorney spent a full of 5 hours implicit 2 days telling the assemblage the prosecution’s lawsuit is bladed and has failed to link grounds of bribery oregon corruption to the legislator directly.
Menendez was tried with 2 of the businessmen successful transportation to the case, Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, who besides pleaded not guilty. Uribe, who testified against Menendez, pleaded guilty.
Nadine Menendez's trial has been postponed portion she recovers from bosom crab surgery. She besides has pleaded not guilty.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
