On Wednesday, federal prosecutors agreed to Nadine Menendez‘s request to delay her trial due to a “serious” health matter.
According to Fox News, Nadine, the wife of embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and her lawyers requested their trial be postponed after she was diagnosed with “a serious medical condition” on Tuesday.
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In a letter to the Southern District of New York Judge Sidney Stein, Nadine's lawyers said her condition will require a surgical procedure in the next 4–6 weeks and “significant follow-up and recovery treatment,” thus requesting a later trial date.
Given her medical condition, Nadine's lawyers said she would not be “in a physical or psychological condition to participate in a six-week trial” starting on May 6.
“Due to the present uncertainty as to the full extent of medical treatment” that Menendez will require, her lawyers requested a hearing on June 4 to provide the court with an update on her medical condition and recovery, and set a new trial date.
Last week, all four of Nadine's lawyers — David Schertler, Danny Onorato, Mark MacDougall and Paola Pinto — filed a motion to withdraw from her case. The reasons were explained in a sealed declaration that has not been publicly released.
Sen. Menendez and his wife are each facing 18 federal counts for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for influencing U.S. policy to benefit the Egyptian and Qatari governments.
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