Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez on Wednesday lost a bid for a new trial, after arguing his recent corruption conviction should be thrown out because jurors were allowed to review improper evidence during deliberations.

Disgraced former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — who’s reportedly seeking a pardon from President Trump after selling out his office for gold bar bribes — lost his bid for a new trial Wednesday. Manhattan federal court Judge Sidney Stein found that the three-term Garden State senator wasn’t unfairly convicted despite an evidence snafu during jury deliberations.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez on Wednesday lost a bid for a new trial, after arguing that his recent corruption conviction should be thrown out because jurors were allowed to review improper evidence during deliberations.

A judge has denied a request by convicted former Sen. Bob Menendez and two co-defendants for a new trial after the federal prosecutors found that unredacted evidence was shown to the jury in the senator's corruption trial.

A federal judge has rejected a bid by former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to get his conviction on bribery charges thrown out.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez said he should get a new trial because of an evidentiary error by prosecutors. A federal judge said no.

Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's bid for a new trial was rejected despite arguing that jurors reviewed improper evidence. The decision by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein moves Menendez towards his sentencing where prosecutors recommend a 15-year prison term for corruption charges.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez should be thrown behind bars for at least 15 years for his “naked greed” in accepting a “hoard of bribes.”