Bob Menendez’s Possible Legal Defense: My Wife Did It!

Newly unsealed court documents reveal that at his upcoming federal bribery trial, Senator Bob Menendez may blame his wife, Nadine Menendez, for getting him into trouble.

In a motion first filed in January, Menendez’s lawyers argued in favor of severing the couple’s trial because the New Jersey senator might testify about personal communications between him and his wife. The brief was initially sealed; Menendez’s legal team asked the judge to redact the specific lines on the strategy...