New Jersey state ethics commissioner seeks leniency for Bob Menendez

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One of New Jersey’s six state ethics commissioners wrote a letter to convicted former Sen. Bob Menendez’s judge asking for leniency.

A jury convicted Menendez in July 2024 of 16 crimes, including bribery, extortion, honest services fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. He resigned his position as a U.S. senator a month later, but he has yet to be sentenced.

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