Sen. Menendez Faces Unprecedented Charge of Secretly Acting as Foreign Agent for Egypt
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Sen. Bob Menendez faces unprecedented federal charge of conspiring with his wife and a NJ businessman to secretly act as a foreign agent of Egypt.
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Charge marks first time a sitting U.S. senator has been accused of working for a foreign government.
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Menendez calls allegations "baseless" but charge escalates from previous federal bribery charges.
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Case signals DOJ's continued crackdown on undisclosed foreign influence operations in the U.S.
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Fellow Democrats urge Menendez to resign from Senate in wake of new charges.