WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The wife of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez on Monday sought to sever the government’s corruption case against her from her husband, according to a court document. In the document, Nadine Menendez’s lawyers said a joint trial will prejudice her right to defend herself at a fair trial. They added that a joint trial would force the married defendants to make a Hobson’s choice “as exercising their right to testify in their own defense may necessitate waiving their privilege against providing testimony adverse to their spouse.” “Ms. Menendez’s interests in both maintaining the con…