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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is set to appear in court on Monday to be arraigned on a new indictment charging him with obstruction of justice, as the embattled Democratic lawmaker\u2019s corruption trial draws near.
\nCONTEXT<\/strong>
\nMenendez was charged last year with taking bribes from New Jersey businessmen to impede law enforcement probes they faced, and illegally acting as an agent of the Egyptian government. He has previously pleaded not guilty to those charges.
\nOn March 5, a new indictment said Menendez in 2023 had through his former lawyers falsely conveyed to federal prosecutors in Manhattan that the senator thought mortgage and car payments that two businessmen made for his wife were loans, not bribes.
\nMenendez has called the new charges false and is likely to plead not guilty at Monday\u2019s arraignment before U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein.
\nWHY IT\u2019S IMPORTANT<\/strong>
\nNew Jersey\u2019s senior senator has resisted calls to resign, including from fellow Democrats. He temporarily stepped down from his role as chair of the Senate\u2019s foreign relations committee after being charged last year.
\nMenendez\u2019s Senate seat will be contested in the Nov. 5 election, and multiple New Jersey Democrats are vying to replace him. The chamber is divided 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to cast tie-breaking votes for the Democrats.
\nWHAT\u2019S NEXT<\/strong>
\nMenendez, his wife Nadine Menendez, and businessmen Wael Hana and Fred Daibes are set to go on trial on May 6. Nadine Menendez, Hana and Daibes have also pleaded not guilty.
\n(Reuters)indictment. indictment, obstruction of justice, corruption trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is scheduled for arraignment on Monday on a new indictment for obstruction of justice related to his upcoming corruption trial. The indictment accuses him of using his former lawyers to falsely inform federal prosecutors that payments made for his wife were loans, not bribes. Menendez, who has previously pleaded not guilty to charges of accepting bribes and acting as an agent for Egypt, has labeled the new charges as false. He temporarily stepped down from his role as chair of the Senate’s foreign relations committee after being charged last year. 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