Lawyers for former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) are questioning the government's conduct after federal prosecutors admitted last week that jurors were accidentally shown improper evidence while deliberating in his corruption case.

In a pointed letter to U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein, Menendez's lawyers called it "deeply troubling" that nine exhibits shown to jurors during deliberations displayed material that should have been redacted, after prosecutors inadvertently uploaded the laptop they used to view evidence with alternative versions.

Prosecutors flagged the issue to the court last week but said the mistake........

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