"For the first time in 36 years, a sitting United States Senator is facing a federal bribery trial, one that comes as a bitterly divided Congress reconvenes amid the unrelenting turbulence of the Trump administration.Since his indictment more than two years ago, Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, has steadfastly proclaimed his innocence, and last week he reiterated that. “I am going to be exonerated,” he said in a brief interview on Wednesday with reporters following a rally protesting President Trump’s immigration policies.
Mr. Menendez is charged with 12 corruption-related counts, including six counts of bribery and three counts of honest services fraud."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/nyregion/senator-robert-menendez-new-jersey-trial.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMenendez%2C%20Robert&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection
Mr. Menendez is charged with 12 corruption-related counts, including six counts of bribery and three counts of honest services fraud."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/nyregion/senator-robert-menendez-new-jersey-trial.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMenendez%2C%20Robert&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection