Senator's Wife Seeks Separate Trial to Avoid Airing Marital Communications
• Senator Robert Menendez and his wife Nadine were charged with accepting bribes including cash and gold • Nadine Menendez is asking the judge to separate her trial from her husband's • She wants to maintain confidentiality of marital communications with her husband • Her request states Senator Menendez may wish to testify and reveal confidential marital communications in his defense • Nadine's lawyers argue she wants to prevent revealing private marital discussions, while the Senator argues his testimony could be essential for his defense