Breitbart: The federal district judge who presided over the public corruption case against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) that ended in a mistrial in November, acquitted Menendez and his co-defendant, Dr. Salomon Melgen, on 7 of 18 public corruption counts in a decision released on Wednesday.
Last week, the Department of Justice announced its intent to re-try the case against both Menendez and Melgen, who was convicted on 67 felony counts of Medicare fraud in April.
“In an opinion filed on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge William Walls denied defense requests for a judgment of acquittal on all charges, based on the evidence presented in the first trial against Menendez and his co-defendant, Salomon Melgen,” NJ.com reported. more here
That still leaves 11 to go after him for. That should be good for about 90 years or so.
Is the judge’s wife’s maiden name Menendez? This is NJ.
iT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE FBI PUT THE STORY IN A DEEP-DARK-HOLE
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/menendez-scandal-has-gotten-so-weird/315146/
“The scandal surrounding New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has evolved from a sex scandal to a donor scandal to a weird mystery about who set him up, with the FBI talking to sugar baron brothers and an ex-CIA operative”.
But, he is part of that “bipartisan “ plan with Lindsey Graham, the Flake, and Little Dicky Tiurban😄
The Judge is an 85 year old Clinton appointee. That may not mean anything however I wonder how a Judge in a jury trial can toss out 7 of 18 charges after a mistrial when the government has already stated their intent to take Menndez to trial. Isn’t the jury supposed to decide that? It would also be interesting to hear what the Prosecuter has to say, assuming he’s allowed to speak, about which counts the Judge dropped.