Sen. Bob Menendez’s legal team wants the New Jersey pol’s federal bribery trial shelved until after June’s primary — though it remains unclear whether or not the scandal-scarred Democrat is running for re-election.

Lawyers on behalf of Menendez and his co-defendants urged Judge Sidney Stein to delay the trial from its current start date of May 6, 2024, by at least two months, citing the “complexity of the case” against the longtime Garden State official.

If Menendez, 69, has his way, the trial would begin no earlier than July 2024.

“We do not make this request lightly,” lawyers Adam Fee and Avi Weitzman wrote in a three-page memo to Stein.

“We are compelled to do so, however, given the complexity of this case,” as well as the “volume and timing of the government’s disclosures, and the significant motion practice ahead.”

Menendez is facing federal corruption charges tied to a years-long investigation in which he allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands in bribes — in the form of cash, gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz convertible and more — in exchange for helping the Egyptian government and protecting the interests of three wealthy businessmen.

His wife, Nadine Menendez, 56, was also charged in the case.

Menendez exerted his “power and influence” to benefit Egyptian leaders, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said when announcing the charges.

“Contrary to the government’s overheated statements to the press, this is far from an open-and-shut case,” his lawyers wrote, adding the requested trial date extension is “modest.”

A spokesperson for Manhattan’s US Attorney’s office declined to comment on the latest memo.  

If the trial extension is granted, it would be at least a month after New Jersey’s June 4 Democratic primary, during which Menendez’s seat is up for reelection.

Rep. Andy Kim and New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy are among the candidates who intend to run for the seat. Menendez has not made clear if he’s running again.

Candidates have until March 25 to file petitions to run, the Bergen Record reported.

Menendez’s chief of staff said in an email to the Associated Press earlier this week that the “people of New Jersey will determine who their senator will be” without further divulging his plan.

He was previously indicted on corruption and bribery charges in 2017, but the jury in that case was deadlocked, leading to a mistrial.

He’s been a US senator since 2006.