Judge seats 10 jurors for Menendez trial as senator pleads not guilty — again
By MATT FRIEDMAN
08/22/2017 01:52 PM EDT
NEWARK — The federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez got underway Tuesday, as 10 jurors were seated and Menendez and his co-defendant, Salomon Melgen, entered not-guilty pleas.
Menendez initially pleaded not guilty in 2015, shortly after he was charged with doing official favors for Melgen, a Florida eye doctor, in exchange for lavish vacations, private jet flights and political contributions.
But the New Jersey Democrat succeeded in having some of the counts against him thrown out, leading to a superseding indictment by federal prosecutors to which he and Melgen pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
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