Senator Bob Menendez Corruption Trial Set for May 6 by Judge

  • Prosecutors must turn over evidence from subpoenas, devices
  • Trial may start one month before New Jersey Democratic primary

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US Senator Robert Menendez will go to trial on corruption charges May 6, a month before the state’s Democratic primary.

The New Jersey Democrat and his wife face charges they protected three businessmen who showered them with gifts of gold bars, hundreds of thousands in cash, mortgage payments and a Mercedes convertible.