Defense rests after Menendez declines to take stand

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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) said Wednesday he will not take the stand in his federal bribery and corruption trial, claiming prosecutors failed to prove “every aspect” of the sprawling case against him. 

The Democratic senator said that to “give them another chance” by taking the witness stand was “simply not something that makes any sense to me whatsoever.”

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