This is just a quick update. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-
MafiaNJ) is on trial for some serious corruption, and he's guilty. In
the initial post in the "How fucked are they?" series, I put him at a 10. Right now, the jury is deadlocked. Conviction requires a unanimous verdict, and the jury can't get to unanimity. Why not? Don't ask me.
There is a high likelihood that this is declared a mistrial, and Menendez gets a new trial. How fucked is he? I need to bring that 10 down. The evidence against him is
really strong, but juries are
really stupid. Why? A jury of 12 people is a group of 12 people too stupid to get out of jury duty (origin: unknown). In the case of a high-profile political case, they are people who don't know shit about shit.
That will be true for the next jury too. Let's bring that 10 down to a 7. That puts him a notch below Manafort's current 8.
The important thing politically, though, is that the seat won't be vacated for Christie to appoint a replacement. Even if this goes to a new trial, and Menendez is convicted, a Democrat will appoint Menendez's replacement.
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