Menendez Says ‘Right-Wing Sources’ Fueling Accusations

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey who heads the foreign relations committee, said “right-wing sources” are falsely claiming that he improperly helped a Florida campaign donor.

Menendez, speaking to a crowd of 300 yesterday at a Black History Month celebration at Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, recounted his own struggle against discrimination during a political career that led him to become the first ethnic minority from New Jersey to serve in the U.S. Senate.