Sen. Bob Menendez 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/APEgypt.
Prosecutors had hoped to present the evidence in the Menendez case next week in the form of a summary of the years of text messages, phone records and other documents obtained during a multi-year investigation of the senator, his wife and various associates, including New Jersey business people accused of bribing him.
Before the ruling, prosecutors called the evidence “critical” to parts of their case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment.
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