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Menendez fails in bid to have conviction overturned
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Former US senator is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 29 in corruption case
Federal District Court Judge Sidney Stein on Friday denied disgraced former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's motion to vacate all his corruption convictions. Menendez and two of his co-defendants, businessmen Fred Daibes and Wael Hana, had argued that their guilty verdicts should be tossed and a new trial should be held because prosecutors mishandled evidence that was shown to the jury.
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Menendez fails in bid to have conviction overturned
Clip: 12/13/2024 | 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Federal District Court Judge Sidney Stein on Friday denied disgraced former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's motion to vacate all his corruption convictions. Menendez and two of his co-defendants, businessmen Fred Daibes and Wael Hana, had argued that their guilty verdicts should be tossed and a new trial should be held because prosecutors mishandled evidence that was shown to the jury.
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Federal Judge Sidney Stein has denied U.S.
Senator Bob Menendez his request to dismiss his guilty verdict and grant a new trial.
Menendez was found guilty on 16 counts of federal bribery and corruption charges.
Over the summer, the disgraced former senator and his two co-defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on January 29th.
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