Menendez asks for guilty verdicts to be thrown out ...Middle East

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and two New Jersey businessmen convicted last month of bribing him have asked a federal judge to toss out their guilty verdicts or grant a new trial. The Democratic senator claimed the "high-profile" nature of the case precipitated his 16-count conviction on charges spanning bribery and acting as a foreign agent, despite a "surprisingly thin reed of evidence." He said the government failed to provide evidence of an agreement to trade his political clout for lavish gifts from Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, the businessmen tried alongside him, and a third businessman who pleaded guilty before the trial, instead presenting "speculation masked as inference." A

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