"Sen. Bob Menendez Pleads Not Guilty to Expanded Obstruction Charges"

Senator Robert Menendez and his wife pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice charges in federal court, marking the third time in six months that the New Jersey Democrat has been arraigned on criminal charges related to bribery and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. The new obstruction of justice charge is linked to information provided by a former insurance broker, Jose Uribe, who admitted to attempting to bribe the senator with a $60,000 Mercedes-Benz convertible. Uribe also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, revealing that he and Nadine Menendez had tried to coordinate their stories and lie to investigators and their own lawyers.