Menendez Denies Wrongdoing Amid Political Corruption Probe

The Justice Department is said to be preparing corruption charges against the New Jersey Democrat.

U.S. Sen. Senator Robert Menendez addresses the media in advance of an event with U.S. President Barack Obama December 15, 2014 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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By David Voreacos, Del Quentin Wilber and Kathleen Hunter

March 7, 2015 at 12:41 AM UTC

Updated on

March 7, 2015 at 8:09 PM UTC

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U.S. Senator Robert Menendez denied wrongdoing and vowed he won’t leave office as the Justice Department is said to be preparing corruption charges against the New Jersey Democrat.

“I have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law,” Menendez told reporters in a defiant tone Friday night in Newark. “I am not going anywhere.”