Sen. Bob Menendez, center, arrives with his children, Alicia Menendez and Robert Menendez Jr., to court for his federal corruption trial in Newark, N.J., Wednesday,
Sept. 6, 2017. (Seth Wenig/AP)
The Justice Department plans to put Sen. Robert Menendez back on trial on corruption charges, according to a new court filing Friday, following a mistrial last year in which most jurors wanted to acquit the lawmaker.
The trial in Newark federal court of Menendez (D-N.J.) and his co-defendant, Dr. Salomon Melgen, ended in a hung jury in November. When he came back to the Senate in December, the lawmaker said he doubted prosecutors would continue to pursue the case, but if they did, he added: “bring it on.”
On Friday public corruption prosecutors from the Justice Department filed notice in federal court saying they want a retrial “at the earliest possible date.”
