 That was a weaker case and it ended in a hung jury. Menendez has said that federal prosecutors have been after him for years because he is Latino. This is really a sad end. I think it's fair to say it's the end to his career. He got his start in politics in Union City, New Jersey, a town on the Hudson River with a large Cuban community. He wore a bulletproof vest to court to testify against the corrupt party boss there.