Menendez Ends Defense at Bribery Trial Without Testifying
Robert Menendez exits federal court.
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US Senator Bob Menendez ended his defense case at his bribery trial Wednesday without testifying, setting up closing arguments next week in the New Jersey Democrat’s second corruption trial in the past decade.
Lawyers for Menendez, 70, presented five witnesses to rebut more than two dozen witnesses and hundreds of exhibits offered by prosecutors since testimony began seven weeks ago in Manhattan federal court.