Bob Menendez Pleads Not Guilty To Acting As Foreign Agent For Egyptian Government

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty Monday to the charge of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government.

A Manhattan grand jury filed a superseding indictment Oct. 12 charging Menendez, who was initially charged with three counts stemming from his alleged acceptance of bribes in September, with one count of conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent. The indictment alleges Menendez agreed to take actions benefiting Egyptian military and intelligence officials in exchange for bribes between January 2018 and June...