US Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to bribery charges brought against three New Jersey businessmen, as calls for his resignation grew from Democrats.
Menendez appeared at a hearing today before U.S. Magistrate Eona Wang in Manhattan.
It was decided that Menendez would be released on his own recognizance $100,000. The Senator should turn over his staff passportHowever, he may keep his official passport and travel abroad on official duties.
Last week, federal prosecutors in Manhattan indicted the 69-year-old US senator and his wife on charges that they accepted gold bullion and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash so that the senator could use his influence to help the Egyptian government and interfere in the country’s affairs. For the benefit of three businessmen to the law enforcement agencies that were investigating them.
Menendez appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Ona Wang in Manhattan federal court and pleaded not guilty.
His wife, Nadine Menendez (56 years old), and businessmen Jose Uribe (56 years old) and Fred Debs (66 years old) also pleaded not guilty. The third businessman, Wael Hanna (40 years old), pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court yesterday.
Source: Reuters
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