Fight over details of senator's relationship bring bribery case to a crawl.
In this courtroom sketch, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, seated far left, looks at his defense attorney Avi Weitzman give his opening statement during his trial Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in New York. Judge Sidney Stein is presiding. AP“You’re not only making it a soap opera, you’re making it a bad soap opera,” Judge Sidney Stein reproached lawyers for the defense and prosecution as the case crawled into its eighth week Monday.
“It’s an abuse of the court system,” Stein said before the jury entered the courtroom, complaining of a “tsunami of submissions” received over the weekend in the evidence dispute. Absent from the courtroom, her presence has loomed large as the senator’s attorneys cast blame on her, claiming Nadine kept her husband “in the dark” about her financial troubles as well as gifts and other payments she took from their wealthy friends.Now at issue is how much the jury will hear about Nadine’s tumultuous relationship with an ex-boyfriend, including the details of a restraining order she obtained and “alleged emotional and physical abuse.
The case is now behind schedule as the senator’s defense team and federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York engage in near-daily disputes over minute details.
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