Sen. Robert Menendez on Friday vowed to remain in the Senate while he fights federal charges of bribery and extortion.
The couple is accused of having"accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for Senator Menendez using his power and influence to protect and to enrich" three New Jersey business associates, according to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York, who brought the charges., payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job [for Nadine], a luxury vehicle, and other things of value," the federal indictment alleges.
In response to the charges, Bob Menendez was defiant and accused prosecutors of having,"misrepresented the normal work of a Congressional office" and"attacked my wife for the longstanding friendships she had." This counterargument, namely that what prosecutors claim are bribes in exchange for favors were actually just personal friendships and the typical work of a U.S. senator, was the same one Bob Menendez made the last time he was charged with corruption in 2015. In that case, it worked.
Menendez was charged with 14 counts alongside co-defendant Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist whom prosecutors accused of having bribed Bob Menendez with lavish gifts in exchange for using his Senate powers to advance Melgen's business interests.On Friday, Bob Menendez said prosecutors were running the same failed play a second time.
"The facts are not as presented," in the indictment, he said."Prosecutors did that the last time and look what a trial demonstrates."
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