FILE - IN this Nov. 16, 2017 file photo, Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez becomes emotional as he speaks to reporters in front of the courthouse in Newark, N.J. Menendez still faces eight counts and Melgen faces seven. There also will be a new judge: Walls, whose irascibility combined with a penchant for old movie quotes enlivened the first trial, recused himself from the retrial. “Part of it is their experience with Menendez, that you simply can never count him out,” Monmouth University pollster Patrick Murray said. A spring trial that produced a not guilty verdict would be the most beneficial outcome for Menendez, Murray said, but a fall trial would create uncertainty close to the election.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2018 15:11 UTC