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Sen Bob Menendez will not seek re-election in November after obstruction of justice charge: report
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who’s been hit with a slew of indictments in a bribery scheme involving Egypt and Qatar, will not be seeking re-election this November, according to a report.
A source close to the matter told The New York Post that Menendez "will not be running."
The news comes after new obstruction charges were added earlier this week to a rewritten indictment returned against Menendez and his wife, Nadine.
The couple are being investigated over allegations that they accepted bribes of gold bars, cash and a luxury car from three favor-seeking New Jersey businessmen.
Menendez, 70, has maintained his innocence, calling the additional charges "a flagrant abuse of power."
After his fall arrest, Menendez was forced to relinquish his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but said he would not resign from Congress.
The senator and his wife are scheduled to go on trial in May on an array of corruption allegations. Among other things, Menendez is accused of taking actions that benefited the governments of Egypt and Qatar as a way of helping two New Jersey associates get financial deals linked to those two countries....
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Menendez is pissed Joke Bribem is getting away with bribery but he isn't getting away with it.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who’s been hit with a slew of indictments in a bribery scheme involving Egypt and Qatar, will not be seeking re-election this November, according to a report.
A source close to the matter told The New York Post that Menendez "will not be running."
The news comes after new obstruction charges were added earlier this week to a rewritten indictment returned against Menendez and his wife, Nadine.
The couple are being investigated over allegations that they accepted bribes of gold bars, cash and a luxury car from three favor-seeking New Jersey businessmen.
Menendez, 70, has maintained his innocence, calling the additional charges "a flagrant abuse of power."
After his fall arrest, Menendez was forced to relinquish his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but said he would not resign from Congress.
The senator and his wife are scheduled to go on trial in May on an array of corruption allegations. Among other things, Menendez is accused of taking actions that benefited the governments of Egypt and Qatar as a way of helping two New Jersey associates get financial deals linked to those two countries....
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Menendez is pissed Joke Bribem is getting away with bribery but he isn't getting away with it.
