Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Bob Menendez has asked a judge to dismiss his bribery and corruption conviction and order a new trial on the grounds that the government provided the convicting jury with excluded evidence during deliberations. Menendez, 70, was a Democratic senator for New Jersey, but resigned from his post in August after he was convicted by a jury in july on 16 counts related to accepting bribes, including gold bars, in exchange for approving military aid for Egypt. Advertisement