Current:Home > InvestSen. Menendez returns to New York court to enter plea to new conspiracy charge-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Sen. Menendez returns to New York court to enter plea to new conspiracy charge
View Date:2024-12-23 22:27:43
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez returns to court Monday to enter an expected not guilty plea to a conspiracy charge alleging that he acted as an agent of the Egyptian government even as he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Menendez, 69, was scheduled to appear in the afternoon before Judge Sidney H. Stein at federal court in Manhattan.
The Democrat stepped down from his powerful post leading the Senate committee after he was charged last month. Prosecutors said the senator and his wife, Nadine Menendez, accepted bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car over the past five years from three New Jersey businessmen in exchange for a variety of corrupt acts.
The other defendants entered not guilty charges to a superseding indictment last week. The senator was permitted to delay his arraignment so he could tend to Senate duties. He has said that throughout his whole life he has been loyal to the United States and that he will show his innocence.
Menendez has resisted calls from more than 30 Democrats that he resign.
The rewritten indictment added a charge alleging that the senator, his wife and one of the businessmen conspired to have Menendez act as an agent of the government of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
As a member of Congress, Menendez is prohibited from acting as an agent for a foreign government.
Menendez is accused of passing information to the Egyptians about the staff at the U.S. embassy in Cairo, ghostwriting a letter on Egypt’s behalf intended to influence fellow senators and urging the U.S. State Department to get more involved in international negotiations to block a dam project Egypt opposed, among other things.
Last week, Nadine Menendez and a businessman, Wael Hana, pleaded not guilty to the superseding indictment.
Both of them were charged with conspiring with the senator to use him as an agent of the government of Egypt and its officials. The charge carries a potential penalty of up to five years in prison.
veryGood! (39)
Related
- Kennesaw State football coach Brian Bohannon steps down after 10 seasons amid first year in FBS
- Back in Black: Josh Jacobs ends holdout with the Raiders, agrees to one-year deal
- Yogi Berra was a sports dad: Three lessons we can learn from his influence
- Missouri's ban on gender-affirming health care for minors can take effect next week, judge rules
- Sister Wives' Janelle Brown Details to Meri Why She Can't Trust Ex Kody and His Sole Wife Robyn
- Whatever happened to the bird-saving brothers of Oscar-nommed doc 'All that Breathes'?
- Kentucky high school teens charged with terroristic threats after TikTok challenge
- Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote
- DWTS’ Sasha Farber and Jenn Tran Prove They're Closer Than Ever Amid Romance Rumors
- An evacuation order finds few followers in northeast Ukraine despite Russia’s push to retake region
Ranking
- Father sought in Amber Alert killed by officer, daughter unharmed after police chase in Ohio
- Man killed, several injured in overnight shooting in Louisville
- Texas judge blocks state's upcoming ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors
- Lionel Messi will miss 'at least' three games this season with Inter Miami, coach says
- Kyle Richards Shares an Amazing Bottega Dupe From Amazon Along With Her Favorite Fall Trends
- How Simone Biles separated herself from the competition with mastery of one skill
- The dream marches on: Looking back on MLK's historic 1963 speech
- Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to become a hurricane and move toward Florida, forecasters say
Recommendation
-
Glen Powell responds to rumor that he could replace Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible'
-
American Airlines fined $4.1 million for dozens of long tarmac delays that trapped passengers
-
Phoenix Mercury's postseason streak ends at 10 seasons
-
How PayPal is using AI to combat fraud, and make it easier to pay
-
American arrested in death of another American at luxury hotel in Ireland
-
At Japanese nuclear plant, controversial treated water release just the beginning of decommissioning
-
Steve Miller recalls late '60s San Francisco music having 'a dark side' but 'so much beauty'
-
Texans vs. Saints: How to watch Sunday's NFL preseason clash