US EditionA bid for bail by former New Jersey US Sen. Menendez is rejected by appeals court as prison looms
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's bail request as he appeals his corruption conviction and prepares to report to prison next week.
- Menendez was convicted on all 16 counts in his federal corruption case last year, including obstruction of justice and bribery.
- The federal appeals court's decision was made in a split 2-1 vote, as reported by the Associated Press.
- Menendez's wife, Nadine Menendez, has also been convicted of accepting bribes related to a years-long corruption scheme.
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The Gateway PunditDisgraced Dem Denied Bail by Judge as He Continues to Fight for His Political Life
After a political career that included almost two decades as a Democrat in the United States Senate, Bob Menendez is looking at spending more than a decade in a United […] The post Disgraced Dem Denied Bail by Judge as He Continues to Fight for His Political Life appeared first on The Western Journal.
Federal appeals court denies Menendez' bid for bail as prison sentence looms
Menendez was convicted on all 16 counts in his federal corruption case last year, including obstruction of justice, bribery, extortion, wire fraud and acting as a foreign agent. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in January.
Appeals court denies Bob Menendez’s bid to stay out of prison
A federal appeals court on Wednesday denied former Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) last-ditch bid to avoid reporting to prison while he appeals his corruption conviction. In a terse order that offered no reasoning, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled 2-1 against Menendez. Judge Alison Nathan, an appointee…
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