Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will likely be sentenced on corruption fees as scheduled on the finish of January, and his spouse’s trial will likely be moved from January to February, a decide mentioned Monday.
U.S. District Decide Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan rejected Menendez’s request to delay his sentencing for his conviction on bribery and different fees till his spouse finishes her trial on comparable fees, probably someday in March.
The Democrat’s legal professionals final week requested a brand new sentencing date on the grounds that the jury chosen to listen to the case towards his spouse, Nadine Menendez, can be tainted if jurors heard concerning the consequence of the previous senator’s sentencing through the trial.
Menendez, 70, was convicted in July of 16 corruption fees introduced by prosecutors who asserted that he used his energy within the Senate over a five-year stretch by way of 2022 to do favors that benefitted three New Jersey businessmen who paid him with gold bars, a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars} in money and a Mercedes-Benz convertible.
Two of the businessmen had been convicted together with Menendez whereas a 3rd pleaded responsible, cooperated with the federal government, and testified towards him.
Nadine Menendez has pleaded not responsible to fees. Initially set to face trial together with her husband, her trial was postpone after a breast most cancers analysis led to surgical procedure. Stein moved her Jan. 21 trial on Monday to Feb. 5. Her husband, as scheduled, will likely be sentenced on Jan. 29.
