Overview

• Former Senator Bob Menendez was convicted of corruption, including bribery and acting as a foreign agent, in a Manhattan federal court.
• Prosecutors revealed that nine pieces of evidence shown to the jury contained unredacted material that should have been excluded.
• The U.S. Attorney's office maintains that the oversight was unlikely to have influenced the jury's decision, given the strength of the evidence.
• Menendez, who resigned from the Senate following his conviction, has pledged to appeal the verdict.
• Sentencing for Menendez is scheduled for January, where he faces potential decades-long imprisonment.