Bob Menendez to resign Senate seat following federal bribery conviction

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30. He doesn't have immunity?

It was a big deal in the 1970s in the Abscam trial when NJ Sen. Harrison Williams fought the case against him as entrapment. People sort of assumed when the government cooked up a case it was a sting. The story was told in the movie American Hustle, sans the sting-entrapment angle. Totally ignored the issue.

Not that this was a government sting. These were real people. Sen. Menendez certainly seems to think he had some defense to the charges, and plans to appeal. Gotta respect the jury verdict though. That is how justice works unless you're on the strong long side of the SCOTUS you half appointed.