Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) escaped the possibility of being convicted on federal corruption charges on Thursday when a judge declared a mistrial in his case due to a hung jury, but that did not stop Menendez from immediately suggesting that he was targeted because Americans are racist.
Menendez, 63, appeared outside the courthouse shortly after U.S. District Court Judge William Walls — a Clinton-era federal judge — declared the mistrial. Menendez gave a statement to the media where he suggested that he was the victim of a racist investigation led by the FBI and the people of his state.
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