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Former NJ senator Menendez seeks new trial, says error tainted conviction

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Robert Menendez asked for a new trial after prosecutors admitted improper evidence.

Prosecutors admitted jurors reviewed nine pieces of evidence containing material that should have been redacted.

Menendez's lawyers said the unredacted material contained the only evidence tying him to the government's central accusation, that he accepted bribes in exchange for shepherding military aid to Egypt .

Two co-defendants, businessmen Fred Daibes and Wael Hana , also asked for their convictions be thrown out.

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