U.S. to retry Sen. Menendez on bribery, corruption charges: filing

Thomson Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it plans to retry Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Menendez on bribery and corruption charges after a jury was deadlocked during a trial in November.

The government said in a court filing it wants a federal judge in New Jersey to set the "earliest possible date" for a retrial. The government also plans to retry Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist who made campaign donations to Menendez. Menendez is up for re-election in November.

(Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington)

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