“Jurors at the corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) asked the judge Monday whether they must be unanimous to reach an acquittal on any count,” Bloomberg reports.
“The judge instructed the panel that they must be unanimous as to each of the 18 counts against the three defendants in the case.”
“After a two-month trial, jurors began deliberating Friday afternoon for about three hours. The note was sent to the judge after about a hour of deliberations Monday morning.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.