US Senator Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to corruption charges

Top United States Senator Bob Menendez has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges amid growing calls for his resignation.
Menendez entered his not-guilty plea in federal court in New York on Wednesday, just days after the Democratic Party legislator expressed confidence that he would be exonerated in the criminal case.
The senator’s four co-defendants – his wife Nadine Menendez and businessmen Jose Uribe, Fred Daibes and Wael Hana – also pleaded not guilty this week.
So far, Menendez has temporarily withdrawn from his role as chair of the influential Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, but he has vowed to fight the charges against him.
Prosecutors say Menendez accepted thousands of dollars from three New Jersey businessmen, to secretly help the Egyptian government.

Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reports from New York.

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