Bob Menendez Jury Ends First Day of Bribe-Case Deliberations (1)

Jurors at the New York corruption trial of US Senator Bob Menendez ended their first day of deliberations Friday without a verdict on whether the New Jersey Democrat engaged in bribery and extortion and acted as an agent of Egypt.

After a two-month trial, the panel spent about three hours weighing the case against Menendez and two businessmen accused of bribing him, Wael Hana and Fred Daibes. Earlier, US District Judge Sidney Stein completed his instructions to jurors on how to apply the law to the case. The panel will resume their deliberations Monday.

Prosecutors say Menendez, 70, sold his ...