NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The Latest on the Department of Justice’s announcement that it won’t retry New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez on corruption charges (all times local):
1 p.m.
Sen. Bob Menendez says the Department of Justice came to the “appropriate conclusion” by deciding not to retry him on corruption charges.
Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they would not retry Menendez and longtime friend Salomon Melgen, after a trial last fall ended in a hung jury.
The decision comes after a judge last week threw out seven of the charges.
Menendez was charged in 2015 with trading his political influence for gifts and campaign donations from Melgen over a seven-year period.
Menendez said Wednesday that he “never wavered in my innocence and my belief that justice would prevail.”
Menendez is up for re-election this fall.
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12:15 p.m.
Government prosecutors have decided not to retry New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez on corruption charges, after a judge threw out some of the counts last week.
Prosecutors filed the motion with the court on Wednesday.
The first trial of Menendez and Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen (MEHL’-genn) ended in a hung jury last November.
Menendez was charged with trading his political influence for gifts and campaign donations from Melgen.
Last week the judge threw out the bribery counts related to Melgen’s campaign donations.
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