{"id":2243702,"date":"2024-05-13T17:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-menendez-trial-judge-warns-both-sides-of-too-much-gamesmanship\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T17:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:46:19","slug":"bob-menendez-trial-judge-warns-both-sides-of-too-much-gamesmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-menendez-trial-judge-warns-both-sides-of-too-much-gamesmanship\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge cautions both parties in Menendez trial about excessive gamesmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbob-menendez-trial-judge-warns-both-sides-of-too-much-gamesmanship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2243702&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal \u200bjudge cautioned attorneys\u2064 in Senator Menendez&#8217;s bribery \u200dtrial\u2062 about the need to avoid theatrics and act \u200cin good faith during jury \u200dselection. \u2062The judge expressed\u2062 concerns about excessive\u2063 gamesmanship in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-selection-for-chauvin-trial-delayed\/\" title=\"Jury selection for Chauvin trial delayed\">high-profile trial<\/a>. Menendez, accused of corruption \u2062and bribery, sat silently as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-employee-arrested-after-approaching-trump-during-trial\/\" title=\"Court employee arrested for approaching Trump during trial.\">trial proceeded<\/a> in a\u200d Manhattan federal court. The prosecution anticipated a \u2062lengthy presentation of their case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. Robert Menendez's\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a><\/a> on Monday warned attorneys on both sides of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-menendez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sen. Robert Menendez's\">Sen. Robert Menendez\u2019s<\/a> (D-NJ) bribery trial to keep the theatrics at bay and to \u201coperate in good faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been too much gamesmanship here,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nysd.uscourts.gov\/hon-sidney-h-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Judge Sidney Stein\">Judge Sidney Stein<\/a> said ahead of jury selection in the high-profile trial. \u201cEverybody has to operate in good faith here. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve seen that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Bob Menendez, center, sits with his defense team during jury selection, Monday, May 13, 2024, at Manhattan federal court in New York. Menendez, a Democrat, is accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would help three New Jersey businessmen. (Candace E. Eaton via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Menendez, once one of the most powerful Democratic senators in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Congress\">Congress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/05\/13\/judge-scolds-lawyers-menendez-bribery-trial-gamesmanship.html?taid=664264ad203e2900011e6ae4&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter%7Cmain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"sat silently\">sat silently<\/a> in a Manhattan\u00a0federal courtroom while Stein spoke. <\/p>\n<p>Menendez is accused of receiving bribes from 2018 to 2022. He\u2019s also accused of\u00a0extortion, fraud, obstruction of justice, and acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3001819\/bob-menendez-corruption-trial-everything-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"BOB MENENDEZ CORRUPTION TRIAL: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW\"><strong>BOB MENENDEZ CORRUPTION TRIAL: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of New York told Stein that they expected to take up to 6 1\/2 weeks to present their\u00a0case. The trial itself could last around six to seven weeks, Stein told prospective jurors before outlining the 18-count indictment against Menendez and his co-defendants. <\/p>\n<p>Opening arguments could come as early as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second criminal trial Menendez, 70, has faced. <\/p>\n<p>In 2017, he\u00a0dodged conviction on a laundry list of other corruption charges, but legal experts claim this case, which was brought by the Justice Department, presents a bigger threat to Menendez and the country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny time an individual is indicted two times in a row for, let\u2019s call it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-fbi-special-agent-finds-17514-georgia-voters-with-out-of-state-forwarded-mail-addresses\/\" title=\"Former FBI Special Agent Finds 17,514 Georgia Voters with Out-of-State Forwarded Mail Addresses\">public corruption<\/a>, the odds are not in his favor,\u201d Chris Adams, a defense attorney at the New Jersey law firm Greenbaum Rowe, which was part of Menendez\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-menendez-corruption-trial-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"Bob Menendez Corruption Trial: Key Highlights\">2017 legal team<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/05\/12\/senator-bob-menendez-bribery-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cMy view as a defense attorney is that this is a much stronger case for the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Menendez has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. <\/p>\n<p>He is expected to pin much of the blame on his wife, Nadine Menendez, according to court filings. Nadine Menendez has also been charged and was supposed to go on trial with her husband. However, she had surgery and needed time to recover. Her trial is now slated to start in July. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The senator\u2019s federal trial is taking place just a few blocks away from where\u00a0former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President Donald Trump\">President Donald Trump<\/a> is on trial linked to a $130,000 hush-money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>The New Jersey Democrat has pleaded not guilty. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a federal court hearing, Judge Sidney Stein cautioned lawyers in Sen. Menendez&#8217;s bribery trial to avoid theatrics and maintain good faith. 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