The bribery trial of Sen. Robert Menendez ended in a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked on corruption charges against the lawmaker and a wealthy Florida eye doctor.
“We cannot reach a unanimous decision,’’ the jury said in a note just before lunch on Thursday. “Nor are we willing to move away from our strong convictions.”
A mistrial is a major victory for a senator who had to fight 18 counts of alleged corruption, and a setback for the Justice Department, whose efforts to combat public corruption have been curtailed by a recent Supreme Court decision. Read more at WaPo.
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Senator Menendez is a Ohaiv Yisroel and a really good person even though he belongs to the wrong political party.
Senator Menendez deserves to be free he voted against the Iran deal and mr Obama and henchman made sure to make life miserable for him