Feds Say Menendez Pressure Fits McDonnell's 'Official Acts'

By Bill Wichert (July 27, 2017, 7:20 PM EDT) -- Prosecutors told a New Jersey federal court Thursday that pressure exerted by Sen. Bob Menendez on a doctor's behalf to influence executive branch officials fell within the narrow definition of "official acts" set by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark McDonnell decision, rejecting the senator's bid to toss his corruption charges based on the high court ruling....

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