Sen. Bob loses ‘not guilty’ juror

A former juror in the bribery trial of Sen. Robert Menendez said that the government is “railroading” the New Jersey Democrat with its highprofile corruption case — and she predicted a hung jury.

“To me, they were railroading him,” Evelyn Arroyo-Maultsby, 61, told reporters after she was dismissed from the jury Thursday due to a longplanned vacation.

“If I would have stayed, he would have been ‘not guilty’ on every charge,” the Hillside, NJ, resident said after three days of deliberations ended without a verdict.

“It looks like a hung jury,” she added.

Arroyo-Maultsby made the comments after she was dismissed and replaced by an alternate juror due to a vacation she told the judge about when she was picked for jury duty in August. As a result of the swap, the jury will now have to start deliberations all over again when they come back Monday.

A hung jury could be seen as a victory for Menendez, who faces decades in prison if convicted.

He has been on trial for more than two months on allegations that he met with various government officials to help his rich doctor friend, Salomon Melgen, resolve an $8.9 million billing dispute with Medicare and secure visas for Melgen’s mistresses, among other political favors.

In return, Melgen allegedly gifted Menendez with trips on his private jet to the eye doctor’s Dominican Republic home; all-expense-paid vacations, including an almost $5,000 three-night stay at a ritzy Paris hotel; and $750,000 in campaign donations, according to Department of Justice prosecutors.