Newark, N.J. • The federal bribery trial of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez ended in a mistrial Thursday with the jury hopelessly deadlocked on all charges against the New Jersey politician and a wealthy donor. Prosecutors did not immediately say whether they plan to retry the lawmaker.
U.S. District Judge William Walls declared a hung jury after more than six full days of deliberations that had to be re-started midway through when a juror was replaced.
Outside the courthouse, a choked-up Menendez fought back tears as he blasted federal authorities and thanked the jurors “who saw through the government’s false claims and used their Jersey common sense to reject it.