A trial judge has decided to sever the corruption case of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine, meaning there will be two separate trials and he'll go first. Nadine Menendez's attorneys requested a delay in the trial to deal with her undisclosed medical condition.
Attorneys for Nadine Menendez , the wife of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez , had requested a two-month delay in the start of the corruption trial to deal with medical issues. The judge opted to try her separaelyA trial judge has decided to sever the corruption case of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine, meaning there will be two separate trials and he'll go first. in what was supposed to be a joint trial with her husband to give her time to deal with medical issues.
They did note, in their letter to the judge, however, that"a time may come" when public interest in moving the case expeditiously to trial supercedes those concerns. The bribery trial for Bob Menendez is still scheduled to start May 6 in Manhattan federal court. A lawyer for the senator urged the judge not to hold up his client’s day in court over the issue, saying the allegations are a “specter” hanging over the former chair of the powerful Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that “effectively removes his ability to run” for reelection this year.
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