"Menendez Scandal: Co-defendant Arrested, Dress Code Bickering Reignites, Resignation Demands, and Legal Insecurity"

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"Menendez Scandal: Co-defendant Arrested, Dress Code Bickering Reignites, Resignation Demands, and Legal Insecurity"
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Wael Hana, one of the businessmen charged with coordinating bribes to Democratic Senator Robert Menendez and his wife, was arrested at JFK Airport after voluntarily returning from Egypt. Hana pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud. Prosecutors allege that Menendez and his wife accepted bribes in exchange for using the senator's power to benefit Hana and the other businessmen, as well as Egypt's government. Menendez has faced calls to resign from nearly two dozen Senate Democrats, but he has rejected them, maintaining his innocence.

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