A rewritten indictment added a charge alleging that the senator conspired to act as an agent of the government of Egypt and Egyptian officials.
By Larry Neumeister, Associated PressSen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves Manhattan federal court, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. Menendez entered a not guilty plea to a charge alleging he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government.
Stein said the plea was the sole purpose for the hearing and adjourned the proceeding after less than five minutes. The New Jersey Democrat left the courthouse minutes later without speaking to reporters waiting outside. At an arraignment before a magistrate judge last month, Menendez was released on a $100,000 bond.
“The facts haven’t changed. The government is engaged in primitive hunting, by which the predator chases its prey until it’s exhausted and then kills it. This tactic won’t work,” he said. “I will not litigate this case through the press, but have made it abundantly clear that I have done nothing wrong and once all the facts are presented will be found innocent.”
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