Second day of jury deliberations underway in Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial in New York City [Video]

NEW YORK — A jury deliberating over 18 charges at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez in New York City asked the judge Monday if unanimity is required to acquit “on a single count.”

The jurors sent the note after resuming discussions Monday morning in Manhattan federal court, following their first three hours of deliberations on Friday. The corruption trial for the New Jersey Democrat is in its 10th week.

Their written note asked: “Does a not guilty verdict on a single count require unanimity?”

After consulting with lawyers in the case, Judge Sidney H. Stein responded: “Jury, your vote – whether guilty or not guilty – must be unanimous as to each count and to each defendant.”

Menendez is charged in 16 of 18 counts in an indictment first returned last fall.

Menendez, 70, has denied charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme from 2018 to 2023 to benefit three …