Battle lines already forming for Menendez corruption retrial
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) " U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez might spend 2018 asking voters to re-elect him and jurors to acquit him.Prosecutors from the Department of Justice told a federal judge in New Jersey on Friday that they will seek a retrial of the Democratic senator, whose 11-week corruption trial ended in a hung jury in November. The filing to the judge seeks a retrial "at the earliest possible date."The announcement immediately raised several legal issues.Menendez and co- [...]
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