Menendez case gets potential 'death blow'
The latest trial developments are good news for the New Jersey senator, but not necessarily for Democrats.
By MATT FRIEDMAN
10/12/2017 06:34 PM EDT
When the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez began in early September, the federal bribery charges threatened to end his career and land him in jail.
By Wednesday, when the prosecution rested its case, Menendez was reportedly singing “Amazing Grace” in the courthouse elevator.
After hearing testimony from Senate staffers, government bureaucrats, private jet pilots, models and former senators and Cabinet secretaries, Judge William Walls indicated he may dismiss most of the 18 charges against Menendez.
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