Senator Menendez’s wife asks for separate trial from husband – filing

The wife of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez on Monday sought to sever the government's corruption case against her from her husband, according to a court document. In the document, Nadine Menendez's lawyers said a joint trial will prejudice her right to defend herself at a fair trial. "Ms. Menendez's interests in both maintaining the confidentiality of her privileged marital communications and exercising her spousal testimonial privilege without sacrificing her ability to testify in her own defense collectively support a finding of a 'serious risk' that a joint trial will compromise her 'specific trial rights,'" the lawyers said.