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

Lyle and Erik Menendez are serving life without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents. Relatives are urging a judge to reduce their sentence.

Menendez, 71, has tried multiple times to get a new trial after he was convicted on bribery charges in July 2024.

Judge Sidney Stein swatted the new trial request down, Ry Rivard reports. He noted the material, which he had blocked from ...