Bob Menendez asks judge to toss conviction, grant new trial over improper evidence shown to jury

Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) has asked a federal judge to throw out his corruption conviction and grant a new trial after it was revealed that jurors were accidentally shown improper evidence while deliberating. Menendez's attorney Adam Fee wrote in court filings that the "serious breach" makes a new trial "unavoidable." "Without doubting that the...