US Senator Menendez defiantly pleads not guilty to foreign agent charge

US Senator Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to a new indictment charging him with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government. Menendez, who was previously charged with accepting cash and gold bars in exchange for using his influence to benefit Egypt's government, entered the plea before a federal judge in Manhattan. The new indictment alleges that Menendez and his wife communicated requests and directives from Egyptian officials. Menendez has resisted calls to resign.