The bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was poised for opening statements Wednesday afternoon after a jury was picked.
After a jury was chosen in the federal bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez , opening statements were poised to begin Wednesday afternoon as prosecutors seek to convince a jury that the longtime powerful Democrat was willing to sell his influence to benefit three businessmen in return for cash, gold bars and a luxury car.
Menendez, 70, is on trial in Manhattan federal court with two of the businessmen. A third has pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against the other defendants. Menendez's wife is scheduled to be tried in July due to health issues. For the senator, the trial represents the second time he has been criminally charged in a federal court in the last decade.In 2017, a federal jury deadlocked on corruption charges brought in New Jersey, and prosecutors did not seek to retry him.
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