That’s the game, folks. The judge has declared a mistrial after the jury repeatedly returned to the courtroom deadlocked.

“I find you are unable to reach a verdict and that further deliberations would be futile and that there is no alternative but to declare a mistrial”

The judge’s statement as he ruled the jury deadlocked and declared a mistrial. Thus ends this prosecution of this Democrat senator for corruption, medicare fraud, lying, and generally being a gross jerk.

As we’ve written, the jurors were pretty sure they were hung when they returned Monday, but have been instructed twice by the judge to keep deliberating. Today that ended after each juror was interviewed in chambers.

judge declares mistrial in MENENDEZ

— Andrew Seidman (@AndrewSeidman) November 16, 2017

Sal goes back to jail for a decade or two on Medicare fraud and Bob gets retried next year. But hey, that was their best case scenario. #MenendezTrialhttps://t.co/3sl4vlUuZ1

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 16, 2017

Hung jury probably means Democrats get to ignore the extensive, on-the-record testimony showing that Menendez is corrupt. https://t.co/vA6NxQCGhm

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 16, 2017

Before total despair sets in, Phil Kerpen has one reminder for us regarding punishing behavior like Democrat Senator Bob Menendez indulged:

BTW there is a thing called the Senate Ethics Committee that can discipline a senator for taking private jets and luxury resorts paid for with money stolen from Medicare regardless of what a jury does. Just saying.

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 16, 2017