“Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were both charged last fall in a broad federal corruption case in which they were accused of accepting cash and gold bribes,” the New York Times reports.
“Now their marriage itself is the centerpiece of a new legal argument.”
“Both Mr. and Ms. Menendez are seeking to split their case and have separate trials.”
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