Senator on Trial: Day Thirty-Four – New Jersey Globe

DAY THIRTY-FOUR

Twelve jurors will return to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday morning to resume deliberations in the corruption trial of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez.  The jury went three hours on Friday and seven hours today without reaching a verdict.

HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:  In a democracy, you only need 8.3% of the vote to win a hung jury. 

DAYS SINCE THE INDICTMENT: 296

DAYS SINCE MENENDEZ’S LAST CRIMINAL TRIAL ENDED: 2,431

DAYS SINCE MENENDEZ’S CURRENT CRIMINAL TRIAL BEGAN: 64

MISSED VOTES: 45
Due to the Republican National Convention, there are no votes scheduled for this week.

To refresh your recollection: in Bob Menendez’s 2017 corruption trial, the jury deliberated for four days before declaring themselves a hung jury.  Ten of the twelve jurors (83%) thought Menendez was innocent.  The judge declared a mistrial, the Justice Department dropped the charges, and eleven points re-elected Menendez against an opponent who put nearly $40 million of his own money into the race. 

And in case you’re keeping track: it’s been 43 years and 73  days since a United States Senator from New Jersey was last convicted of accepting a bribe.

WHAT DID MENENDEZ SAY: “It is obvious the government’s case is not as simple as they made it out to be.”

NOTES FOR SIDNEY
— No verdict after second day of deliberations in Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial from New Jersey Monitor’s Dana DiFilippo: “Jurors sent three notes to Judge Sidney H. Stein Monday with brief questions.  They asked whether a not-guilty verdict on a single count requires unanimity and whether counts 11 and 12 of the 18-count indictment covered Menendez’s alleged intervention in the federal bank fraud case of Fred Daibes, one of his five co-defendants. The answer was yes to both.  In a third note, they requested a 10-minute fresh-air break on the courthouse’s eighth-floor balcony.”

ANSWERS FROM SIDNEY
— Jury finishes 2nd day of deliberations without a verdict at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial from News 12’s Chris Keating: “After conferring with attorneys for the defense and prosecution, Judge Stein answered, ‘Yes, only if the jury concludes the government proved each element of 11 and 12 beyond a reasonable doubt.’”

WHAT THE STAR-LEDGER IS WORKING ON
— Stanley has a new Quencher tumbler color drop coming and it’s an artistic masterpiece from NJ.com’s Dawn Magyar: “While it’s been a hot minute since Stanley dropped a new Quencher Tumbler color, it’s (sic) next release is truly a piece of art. Stanley has teamed up with Asian-American illustrator and muralist Stevie Shao on a brand new Quencher design that will drop on July 16 at 12 p.m. ET for $45. The vivid illustrative design is a departure from Stanley’s usual bold tumbler drops with images inspired by folklore and nature from Shao’s childhood. The brilliant garden motif and logo design is set against a black backdrop in Stanley’s 40 oz Quencher Tumbler size for $45.”

* Jurors in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial in deliberations for 2nd day

* Jury in Sen. Menendez corruption trial to resume deliberations Tuesday

* Jury finishes 2nd day of deliberations without a verdict at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial

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