Senator Robert Menendez is charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars in exchange for political favors at home and abroad.

Not a single juror was chosen Monday in the federal corruption case against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. The veteran Democrat — wearing a suit with a red tie and a Senate pin on his lapel — sat quietly in the courtroom,

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jury selection began in the corruption trial of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez on Monday, with a judge excusing dozens of prospective jurors in a case that could affect the Democrat's political future and the makeup of the U.