Federal prosecutors tacked on a swarm of additional charges Tuesday against Sen. Bob Menendez in yet another superseding indictment, including allegations that he obstructed justice and acted as a foreign agent.
The New Jersey Democrat and onetime chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee now faces 16 criminal counts that range from acting as a foreign agent to benefit Egypt and Qatar to extortion and bribery.
Menendez has pleaded not guilty and said he would fight the charges and be exonerated, and he has resisted calls from some Democratic colleagues to resign.
