After calling just four witnesses, lawyers for Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey rested their case late Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan federal court, setting the stage for jurors to begin deliberations in his international bribery conspiracy trial early next week.
Mr. Menendez, 70, said that he decided against testifying in his own defense for two primary reasons: the government had not proved its case, and he did not want to give prosecutors an opportunity to rehash the charges twice.
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