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Senator Bob Menendez, facing multiple federal indictments, delivered a Senate floor speech denying bribery and foreign agent charges related to Qatar and Egypt. He accused prosecutors of conducting a public smear campaign and claimed innocence, stating he has never violated the public trust. Menendez criticized the sensationalized allegations and sought dismissal of the charges, calling them outrageously false and a distortion of reality.
Sen. Bob Menendez files a motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with bribery and acting as a foreign agent. https://t.co/8X12PUQmhk
Sen. Bob Menendez seeks dismissal of criminal charges. His lawyers say prosecutors 'distort reality' https://t.co/6Cioxv7jGN
Attorneys for Sen. Bob Menendez asked a federal judge to dismiss an indictment against him, calling the government’s case against their client a distortion of reality and “rotten at its core.” https://t.co/ylZBeEYfPm
US Senator Menendez asks judge to dismiss charges, says he is immune https://t.co/X2axO9HmOw https://t.co/69BWJwv4PF
Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday sought dismissal of charges, including bribery, as his lawyers told a judge that New York federal prosecutors are making claims that are “outrageously false” and “distort reality.” https://t.co/HGSo0gK0fV
Senator Bob Menendez, accused of taking bribes, insists the Feds have got nothing on him. Read the latest from @besslevin: https://t.co/gpdCSHQ2Nr
Sen. Bob Menendez files a motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with bribery and acting as a foreign agent. https://t.co/9ozstBGZ2j
Sen. Robert Menendez seeks dismissal of "outrageously false" foreign agent and bribery charges https://t.co/h6Fl0wMZi3
Sen. Menendez asks a judge to dismiss all charges in a motion that offers a first peek into his legal strategy. 'The government’s accusations in this case — that he sold his office and even sold out his nation — are outrageously false.' w/ @BenWeiserNYT https://t.co/ziUGoMyuQb
'Parade of Horribles': Menendez Says His Corruption Charges Threatens Everyone in the Senate https://t.co/WUhcHAeU9c
Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey took to the Senate floor to deny charges that he accepted bribes to benefit the governments of Egypt and Qatar. He accused prosecutors of conducting a public smear campaign and warned colleagues that they could be next. https://t.co/s3ehNH0i0B
Sen. Menendez denies what he says are “sensational” new bribery allegations against him involving Qatar, while pushing back on calls from his Senate colleagues to resign. https://t.co/pNYLPprRnh
Sen. Menendez responds to latest superseding indictment on corruption charges: 'Sensationalized allegations' https://t.co/F60rrTM7Wg
'Gold bar' Bob Menendez tears up as he defends his '50 years of public service' as senator, denies being a foreign agent and attacks prosecutors' 'sensational' indictment over a bribery scheme involving Qatar and Egypt https://t.co/Azm9hLpXYq https://t.co/oAj5SZ3VcX
Bob Menendez, who faces federal bribery and foreign agent charges, defended his actions in a Senate floor speech — claiming he was being indicted for things many senators do during legislative and diplomatic processes. https://t.co/aOrWaDZg2O
⚠️ US SENATOR MENENDEZ PUSHES BACK AGAINST QATAR-, EGYPT-RELATED CHARGES (Reuters) U.S. Senator Bob Menendez took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to declare his innocence on charges that he used his influence to help a businessman seek an investment from the Qatari government… https://t.co/XpdDekLGD8
Senator Bob Menendez on federal corruption charges against him: "I'm innocent and I intend to prove my innocence. I have never violated the public trust. I have been a patriot for and of my country." https://t.co/ooGNipwCZN
Senator Menendez just criticized prosecutors after being hit with numerous corruption probes He said: "Under the government's theory, it may be a crime for members of the senate to make introductions to companies in their own state" He reportedly accepted gold bars from Egypt.
Indicted Menendez rails against prosecutors on Senate floor https://t.co/ZBYFsxeyx3
Democratic Senator from New Jersey Bob Menendez denied bribery allegations, saying that he has "received nothing, absolutely nothing, from the government of Qatar." https://t.co/oXinQVcnKO
Indicted Sen. Menendez blasts "sensational" charges in Senate floor speech https://t.co/1i05dNRll2
“After 50 years of public service, this is not how I wanted to celebrate my Golden Jubilee. But I have never violated the public trust. I have been a patriot for and of my country.” — Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) gets choked up addressing the slew of bribery allegations against him https://t.co/oaP4aqCFPl
Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez cries on the Senate floor while responding to being indicted on bribery charges. "After 50 years of public service, this is not how I wanted to celebrate my golden jubilee." REMINDER: The DOJ seized gold bars linked to a 2013 robbery & $500K in cash. https://t.co/Ar62t0NK2d
Democrat Senator Bob Menendez on his multiple federal indictments: "There's no evidence of the giving or receiving of cash and gold bars!" https://t.co/7T6xnZqeJE
A choked up Democratic Senator Bob Menendez again states that he will not resign from the Senate amid multiple indictments for corruption and acting as a foreign agent: https://t.co/UdS32OtPea
Sen. Bob Menendez choking up a bit on the Senate floor just now as he rails on the federal indictments against him re: alleged Egyptian and Qatari bribes. During his ~20 minute remarks he called the charges a "persecution" and accused the gov of sensationalizing evidence.
Menendez now on the flr, speaking about superseding indictment alleging he was a foreign agent for Qatar
Sen. Menendez is responding to the latest criminal charges against him related to gifts from Qatar. It is a bizarre scene. He is telling his colleagues that his second federal prosecution threatens all of them...
Menendez launching into an extraordinary diatribe against federal prosecutors on the Senate floor. “By filing three indictments…it allows the government to keep the sensational story in the press, it poisons the jury pool & it seeks to convict me in the court of public opinion”
Sen Menendez is speaking on the floor now about the newest allegations against him very much not sounding like he's stepping down or resigning. "The United States Attorney's Office is engaged not in a prosecution, but a persecution. They seek a victory not justice," he says.
Watch Live Now: New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez addresses the latest charges against him on the Senate floor. https://t.co/V1DSAOQgUa
Colleague Tyler Olson confirms that Menendez will give Senate flr speech this morning about the latest superseding indictment against him. This indictment charges that Menendez acted as a foreign agent for Qatar. Menendez maintains his innocence.