Prosecutors OK with delaying Menendez trial for wife's health issues

Prosecutors want to try Bob and Nadine Menendez together, along with three fellow defendants, because the trial is expected to be lengthy and will involve calling dozens of witnesses. | Jeenah Moon/APFederal prosecutors said Wednesday they are OK with a slight delay of Sen. Bob Menendez’s trial after his wife, who is a co-defendant, said she is Williams said the best way to proceed is by delaying the trial, set to start on May 6, further into the summer.

Nadine Menendez did not say what her “serious medical condition” was in public legal filings, but the prosecutors said a sealed document her attorneys filed “indicates that there is likely to be substantially more information about her medical condition and its implications for her participation in this case” by early June.

Bob Menendez is accused by federal prosecutors of using his office to help foreign governments and New Jersey businesspeople in exchange for cash, gold bars and a luxury vehicle. Nadine Menendez also allegedly received home mortgage payments and a low- or no-show job in exchange for favors arranged by her husband. All the defendants in the case have pleaded not guilty.

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