Sen. Bob Menendez, who is on trial in Manhattan federal court facing corruption charges, will run for reelection as an independent.
Menendez filed to run in the November election as an independent on Monday, the day before the state’s Democratic primary and the deadline to get on the ballot this fall. Menendez said in March that he wouldn’t seek his party’s nomination, but that he hoped to run as an “independent Democrat” if exonerated.
Menendez, along with his wife and three New Jersey businessmen, was charged with bribery, corruption and acting as a foreign agent. His trial began its fourth week on Monday, although his wife, Nadine Menendez, isn’t standing trial until later this year because of a breast cancer diagnosis.
