Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez, citing 'emotional toll,' seeks sentencing delay in wake of wife's trial
Former Sen. Bob Menendez asked a federal judge in December 2024 to delay his end-of-January sentencing on bribery and other charges, saying his family would suffer a "tremendous emotional toll" if he were sentenced during his wife's trial.

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Bob Menendez asks to postpone sentencing until after wife’s corruption trial, saying it’s ‘too much to ask of any man’