Prosecutors tried to link the alleged bribes to the appointment of Philip Sellinger, New Jersey's U.S. attorney.
Prosecutors at the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez used the testimony of his former campaign manager on Tuesday to try to link alleged bribes of the Democrat to the appointment of New Jersey 's top prosecutor three years ago.Michael Soliman, a former top Menendez political adviser, testified immediately after New Jersey 's U.S. attorney, Philip Sellinger, finished two days on the witness stand at the Manhattan federal court trial that is in its sixth week.
'Soliman said that after the appointment of the new candidate fell through following a series of negative news articles about her, Sellinger told him that he wanted the senator to know that he checked with the Justice Department and learned that 'the issue' that he thought would require his recusal did not after all.Assistant U.S.
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