In
Menendez Case
Nadine Trial
Set for
January after
Brief on Jury
Getting Wrong
Exhibits
by
Matthew Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 19 – Amid reports of
investigation against Sen.
Robert Menendez for taking
gold bars, Inner City Press'
sources on September 21 it to
expect on Friday, September 22
an appearance in Federal court
in Manhattan by Menendez and
his wife Nadine Arslanian. This
scoop
was true.
Later a
superseder was unveiled,
including charges of bribes to
act for Qatar.
On January 10
Menendez filed a motion to
dismiss, arguing "the
government shockingly fails to
disclose the exculpatory fact
that [REDACTED]." Full filing
on Patreon here
On February 1,
Judge Stein granted some
unsealing - including of some
of the material in the vault
which Inner City Press
requested. Order here.
Jump cut:
Menendez et al were convicted;
Inner City Press published a
book, here.
On November 13,
2024 the US wrote in admitting
that "due to an error recently
discovered by the Government,
incorrect versions of nine
Government Exhibits were
loaded on the laptop the
parties jointly provided to
the jury for use in its
deliberations. These exhibits
were each the subject of the
Court’s May 24, 2024 ruling
(the “May 24 Ruling”)
excluding certain evidence on
the basis of the Speech or
Debate Clause. As explained
below, the jury laptop was
inadvertently loaded with
alternative versions that
contained the redactions the
Government sought in its
motion for reconsideration of
that ruling (which the Court
denied)" Letter on Patreon here.
On November 19
Judge Stein set a briefing
schedule on that: "concerning
the inadvertent inclusion of
nine exhibits on the laptop
provided to the jury by the
parties and Robert Menendez's
letter dated November 18, 2024
[ECF No. 631] requesting
"[flull supplemental briefing"
of this issue. IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that: 1. Defendants
may make a further submission
on this issue by noon on
November 27, 2024; 2. The
government may respond by
December 6, 2024; 3. Any reply
is due by 5:00 p.m. on
December 10, 2024.(Signed by
Judge Sidney H. Stein on
11/19/2024)
and set Nadine
Mendendez's trial date:
the trial of this action shall
commence on Tuesday, January
21, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in
Courtroom 23A
More
on Substack here
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