"Senator Menendez Fights Back: From Senate Floor to Courtroom"

Senator Robert Menendez's defense team filed a motion to dismiss the indictment, arguing that prosecutors were criminalizing normal legislative activity and violating constitutional protections for members of Congress. The motion comes after the senator offered a rare rebuttal to the charges on the Senate floor. His lawyers assert that the accusations of selling his office and betraying his nation are false, and that his actions were based on good-faith policy judgments. They are seeking to end the case and clear Menendez's reputation built through 50 years of public service.