{"id":2069691,"date":"2023-10-16T21:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T01:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/menendez-maintains-hes-only-been-loyal-to-one-country-amid-fara-charge\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T21:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T01:24:34","slug":"menendez-maintains-hes-only-been-loyal-to-one-country-amid-fara-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/menendez-maintains-hes-only-been-loyal-to-one-country-amid-fara-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Menendez claims unwavering loyalty to one nation amidst FARA accusation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmenendez-maintains-hes-only-been-loyal-to-one-country-amid-fara-charge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2069691&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senator Menendez Rejects \u2062Claims of Acting as Unregistered Foreign Agent<\/h2>\n<p>Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/menendez-maintains-hes-only-been-loyal-to-one-country-amid-fara-charge\/\" title=\"Menendez claims unwavering loyalty to one nation amidst FARA accusation.\">vehemently denied federal prosecutors&#8217; allegations<\/a>\u2062 that he has been acting as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-biden-allies-worked-for-group-with-close-ties-to-chinese-communist-party\/\" title=\"Top Biden Allies Worked for Group With Close Ties to Chinese Communist Party\">unregistered foreign agent<\/a> for Egypt.\u200b Speaking to reporters\u200d in the Capitol,\u2064 Menendez described the charges as &#8220;outrageous&#8221; and urged the press to examine his history \u2062on Egypt, which \u2064he believes contradicts the government&#8217;s \u200bclaims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government is engaged in primitive hunting,&#8221;\u2062 Menendez stated, criticizing\u200d the \u2064relentless pursuit of charges until the target is exhausted. He emphasized his unwavering loyalty to the \u200cUnited States, stating,\u200b &#8220;I have been loyal to only one country in \u2063the world for 50 years. It&#8217;s called the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition \u200cto the superseding indictment, Menendez and his wife\u2063 have been accused of\u2062 using his position on the Senate Foreign Relations\u200b Committee to influence\u2064 donors and benefit \u200bthe\u200c Egyptian \u2062government in exchange for valuable items. Menendez \u200ddismissed these \u200bcharges as part of a &#8220;smear\u2063 campaign&#8221; and vowed \u2062to fight them.<\/p>\n<p>Despite calls for his resignation and\u2062 expulsion, Menendez\u2064 remains defiant. The \u2063expulsion effort would require\u2064 significant support in the Senate, which \u2063is unlikely given the \u200dDemocrats&#8217; small \u2062majority and opposition \u2064from the \u2062GOP. Many Senate Democrats have expressed their belief\u200b that Menendez deserves the\u200d opportunity \u2064to \u2063defend himself\u2064 against the\u200d charges.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his plans for\u2064 reelection, Menendez stated\u200b that he would address it formally at\u2062 the appropriate time. However, he indicated\u2064 that \u200bhe is \u2063currently on the path \u200cto seeking \u2064another term.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What evidence do\u2063 federal prosecutors have\u2063 to support their claim that Senator Bob \u2063Menendez has been acting as an unregistered \u200cforeign agent for Egypt?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Senator Bob \u2064Menendez of\u2063 New Jersey \u200dhas vehemently denied \u2063allegations made by\u2063 federal prosecutors that he\u200b has been acting as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archer-testimony-shows-hunters-foiled-plea-deal-was-designed-to-cover-up-biden-corruption-donalds\/\" title=\"Archer's testimony exposes Hunter's failed plea deal as a deliberate attempt to conceal Biden corruption, says Donalds.\">unregistered\u2064 foreign agent<\/a> for Egypt. In a press conference held in the Capitol, Menendez expressed his outrage at the charges and called on the press to scrutinize his history on Egypt, which\u200d he believes contradicts the government&#8217;s claims.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the government&#8217;s actions as a &#8220;primitive\u2062 hunting&#8221; mission, Menendez criticized the relentless\u2062 pursuit of\u2064 charges until the target is\u200c exhausted. He publicly affirmed his unwavering loyalty to\u200b the United States, declaring, &#8220;I have\u200c been loyal to only one \u2063country in the world for 50 years. It&#8217;s called the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the superseding indictment, Menendez and his wife have also been\u200c accused of using his \u200bposition on the Senate\u200d Foreign\u200d Relations Committee to influence \u2062donors\u2063 and benefit the Egyptian government in\u2064 exchange for valuable items. Dismissing these charges as part of a &#8220;smear campaign,&#8221; Menendez vowed to fight them.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing calls\u2062 for his resignation and\u2064 expulsion, Menendez remains defiant. Expelling him would\u200b require significant support in the Senate, which seems\u200d unlikely given the Democrats&#8217; slim majority and opposition \u200dfrom the GOP.\u2064 Numerous Senate Democrats have expressed their belief that Menendez deserves the opportunity to \u200bdefend himself against the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding his plans\u200d for re-election, Menendez stated that he\u2063 would address the topic \u200dformally at the appropriate time. However, he did indicate that \u2063he is currently on the path to seeking another\u2063 term.<\/p>\n<p>As the accusations and denials continue to\u200d dominate the news, it remains to be seen how this situation will unfold.\u200c The outcome will not only affect\u200d Menendez&#8217;s political career \u200bbut could also have\u200b broader \u2064implications for \u2062the relationship between American politicians\u200b and foreign \u2064governments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) denied federal prosecutors&#8217; accusation of being an unregistered foreign agent for Egypt, stating his loyalty to one country for 50 years. When asked about the indictment, he rejected the claim while speaking to reporters in the Capitol on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2069692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2069691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2069691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2069692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2069691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2069691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2069691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}