Menendez pleads not guilty to foreign agent charge

Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) entered a not guilty plea on Monday to an unprecedented charge accusing him of conspiring with his wife and a New Jersey businessman to operate as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government, as reported by The Associated Press (AP).

This plea was made in federal court in Manhattan, and a trial for the case is provisionally scheduled to commence in May, according to the AP.

Federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York allege that Menendez “covertly assisted” and shared sensitive U.S. government information with Egypt, marking the first instance in which a sitting U.S. senator has faced accusations of acting on behalf of another nation.

Being a member of Congress, Menendez is legally prohibited from agreeing to act as a foreign agent, The Hill reported.

READ MORE: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4270783-menendez-pleads-not-guilty-foreign-agent-charge/

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