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2023-07-18 18:50:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1EED318B316E3FE1DA4405EC1BD00D72829EB232C6ECDA37B28566E7E5C9216C
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Original Note:
Neither John Edwards nor Bob Menendez were convicted. John Edwards was acquitted of one charge and the jury deadlocked on 5 other charges before the judge declares mistrial: https://web.archive.org/web/20150418074008/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-edwards-acquitted-on-one-count-as-jury-deadlocks-on-five-others-and-judge-declares-mistrial/2012/05/31/gJQAffi34U_story.html Bob Menendez was tried but 7 of 18 charges dropped in mistrial before DOJ dropped the other charges: https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075520/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-departments-seeks-to-toss-out-charges-against-sen-menendez/2018/01/31/19a3094c-06a8-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html
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