A federal judge has rejected a bid by former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to get his conviction on bribery charges thrown out.

Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has been convicted on 16 counts of corruption, including charges of abusing his position as a Senate committee leader and serving as a foreign agent. The conviction stems from activities between 2018 and 2022 when Menendez was the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Judge Sidney Stein swatted the new trial request down, Ry Rivard reports. He noted the material, which he had blocked from consideration over the “Speech and Debate Clause,” was minimal.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison term for former New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menéndez following his conviction on multiple

A federal judge has rejected a bid by former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to get his conviction on bribery charges thrown out.

Aaron De Groft, a former head of the Orlando Museum of Art who left the institution under a cloud in 2022 after it was raided by the

President Donald Trump ordered the attorney general to hunt for instances of campaigns against perceived political opponents.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted on federal corruption charges last year, is reportedly seeking a pardon from President-elect Donald Trump, according to NBC News. The post Former Senate Democrat Convicted of Bribery Reportedly Seeking Pardon From Trump first appeared on Mediaite.

Federal prosecutors want former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to spend the next 15 years of his life in prison. Is that the right sentence?

With that, former U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston explains why he publicly disclosed in a letter to the editor that the federal government investigated him and his lobbying firm – an investigation that he says was instigated because he’s a supporter of incoming President Donald Trump and a critic of outgoing President Joe Biden.

Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves the Manhattan federal court after ... Menendez was convicted in July of 16 corruption charges brought after an FBI raid on his home in 2022 turned up $150,000 in gold bars and $480,000 in cash, much of which prosecutors ...

Prosecutors called for the lengthy prison term for the 71-year-old New Jersey Democrat in papers filed in Manhattan federal court late Thursday.