Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Wednesday lost a bid to overturn his corruption conviction after arguing that jurors were exposed to improper evidence during deliberations.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein denied Menendez’s request for a new trial, clearing the way for his sentencing next Wednesday. Menendez, who served 18 years in the Senate and rose to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, faces a potential prison sentence of up to 15 years.
The case was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York, where the trial lasted nine weeks before going to the jury. In November 2024, Williams acknowledged in a letter to Stein that prosecutors had uploaded nine documents to the jurors’ laptop with fewer redactions than the court had ordered….