https://babalublog.com/ Babalublog is a conservative Cuban-American blog but they tend to represent all Cubans who they see as doing their job.
They were the first ones who said,
Menendez didn't go along with Obama on the Cuba deal nor on the Iran deal. Who might that make enemies with?
So, I think he was Kavanaughed some iow, a victim of a smear campaign, I don't know if his trial was a national or state trial for the alleged charges against him; but even a trial did not find him guilty. The jury was deadlocked on 3 out of 21 charges, ballpark figures. The other charges.... well, one would have to read the record, I know they did not find him guilty of anything.
The mistrial is a blow to the Justice Department, which has been investigating Menendez for nearly five years, and will be a sigh of relief to Democrats worried about possibly losing his Senate seat to Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/bob-menendez-trial/index.html
Sounds federal.
He also voted not to go into Iraq in 2003; so was he right on that? That's up to each of us alone to decide.
We probably shouldn't jump to the conclusion that one is guilty either. Even if they are the other party.
If it was a federal trial, those prosecutors are known to be very good.