Former Sen. Bob Menendez posed with his wife Nadine and businessman Wael Hana in a selfie prosecutors later presented as evidence in his federal bribery trial. (Courtesy of U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York) The federal judge who ...

Menendez had argued that his bribery and corruption convictions should be vacated because prosecutors accidentally showed jurors evidence that was barred by special protections for members of Congress.

A jury found Bob Menendez guilty of bribery and other charges in July — but a major error by prosecutors could give Menendez a get-out-of-jail-free card.

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's request for a new trial in his corruption case was rejected by a Manhattan federal court judge on Friday.

Attorneys for former Sen. Bob Menendez and two businessmen convicted last summer of bribing him want a federal judge to vacate their convictions and order a new trial, saying an evidentiary error prosecutors recently revealed deprived the men of a fair trial.