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The federal jury overseeing the bribery trial of NJ Senator Bob Menendez said it is deadlocked for a second time this week — further raising the chances of a mistrial.
Just before noon on Thursday, the 12-person jury sent a note to the judge saying they are unable to come to a consensus on any of the 12 counts facing the Garden State democrat after four days of deliberation.
The jury made the same claim on Monday after just one day of deliberating.
Menendez, 63, stands accused of accepting bribes from his rich doctor pal and co-defendant Salomon Melgen. He faces decades in prison if convicted and stands to loose his senate seat.
The deadlock could result in a mistrial, however, which would lead to either a new trial or an acquittal if the Justice Department decides not to retry the case.
Lawyers for the senior senator are expected to ask the judge to poll jurors in hopes of moving for a mistrial.
On Wednesday, lawyers for Menendez told the judge that if the jurors came back deadlocked for a second time this week, they wanted to poll them to determine if the deadlock is “hopeless” before deciding how to proceed.
If the jurors say yes, the lawyers will move to dismiss the jury and declare a mistrial. If the jurors’ answer ‘no,’ they might be instructed by the judge to continue deliberating, according to the filing.
The jury was forced to start anew on Monday after one of the jurors was dismissed last week for a long-planned vacation and replaced with an alternate juror.
Last week, the original jury deliberated for three days without a verdict and the dismissed juror predicted a mistrial on her way out of court.
“It looks like a hung jury,” juror Evelyn Arroyo-Maultsby, 61, told reporters on Thursday.


