A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday tossed the corruption case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and a Florida eye doctor after prosecutors opted to dismiss the remaining charges in the wake of a ruling acquitting the two men of charges that they exchanged political donations as bribes. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday acquitted U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., of charges he received political donations as bribes from a Florida eye doctor while upholding charges that the senator accepted private jet rides and other gifts in exchange for his official actions. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))