Salomon Melgen’s conviction on Medicare fraud charges is unlikely to alter the landscape in the corruption case against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, according to legal observers.

Already facing an uphill battle due to a July 2016 U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowing the scope of official conduct qualifying as an element of bribery, prosecutors in the Menendez case are unlikely to reap any benefit from Melgen’s Medicare fraud prosecution, according to lawyers familiar with the case.