Bob Menendez, flanked by supporters, is pictured during a press conference at the Hudson County Community College- North Hudson Campus in Union, New Jersey, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. - Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/TNS
A defiant Sen. Bob Menendez declared he would not resign Monday and was prepared for his “biggest fight yet,” delivering his first public remarks after the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan unsealed an indictment accusing the New Jersey Democrat of accepting extravagant bribes. “I firmly believe that when all the facts are presented, not only will I be exonerated, but I still will be New Jersey’s senior senator,” Menendez, clad in a dark pinstripe suit, told a crush of reporters in Union City, N.J., where he served as mayor in the 1980s and ’90s. Menendez, who is facing his second indictment...
