U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has filed to run for reelection as an independent even as he is on trial on federal bribery charges.
FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves the Manhattan federal court after the second day of jury selection in his trial, Tuesday, May, 14, 2024, in New York. New Jersey Democrats and Republicans decide their parties standard-bearers for the Senate amid the federal corruption trial in New York of Menendez, along with candidates for the presidency and House. , a New Jersey Democrat who is on trial on federal bribery charges in New York, has filed to run as an independent candidate for reelection.
“Americans are fed up with politicians putting their own personal benefit ahead of what's right for the country,” Kim said. Menendez has denied there was any corrupt scheme. His attorneys said his conduct constituted carrying out diplomacy and working on behalf of constituents. The gold bars, and the cash laying around his house was a longtime habit stemming from his parents' escape from Communist Cuba, according to his attorney.Menendez has held elected office for most of his life, getting on the Union City, New Jersey, school board just two years out of high school.
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