Judge denies sentencing delay for ex-Sen. Bob Menendez but puts his wife’s trial off until February [Video]

NEW YORK – Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will be sentenced on corruption charges as scheduled at the end of January, and his wife’s trial will be moved from January to February, a judge said Monday.

U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan rejected Menendez’s request to delay his sentencing for his conviction on bribery and other charges until his wife finishes her trial on similar charges, possibly sometime in March.

The Democrat’s lawyers last week requested a new sentencing date on the grounds that the jury chosen to hear the case against his wife, Nadine Menendez, would be tainted if jurors heard about the outcome of the former senator’s sentencing during the trial.

Menendez, 70, was convicted in Julyof 16 corruption charges …