Juror says @SenatorMenendez jury was deadlocked 10-2 with 10 favoring acquittal.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 16, 2017

This is the outcome preordained ever since US Supreme Court ruled in McDonnell v. US https://t.co/zObSrchDQ7

That case gutted the entire concept of federal corruption by public officials. https://t.co/ln8bVdOuTy

— lawhawk (@lawhawk) November 16, 2017

I’ve been saying this from day 1. No matter how much I thought Menendez was dirty, McDonnell meant he was going to avoid a conviction because the Supreme Court screwed up with their treatment of public acts by officials.