Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his spouse Nadine Menendez arrive to the federal courthouse in New York on Wednesday.

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Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his spouse Nadine Menendez arrive to the federal courthouse in New York on Wednesday.

Jeenah Moon/AP

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his spouse, Nadine, pleaded not responsible Wednesday to bribery costs in a federal court docket in Manhattan.

The two were charged in an indictment last week that claimed Menendez allegedly accepted luxurious items and huge sums of cash in bribes in alternate for committing corrupt acts, together with offering delicate data to the federal government of Egypt.

Menendez was launched on a $100,000 bail and should hand over his private passport however can maintain his official passport and might proceed international journey just for official duties as senator.

He intends to proceed his work as New Jersey’s senior senator regardless of calls from greater than a dozen Senate Democrats for him to resign.

Menendez has to this point adamantly refused to do so, claiming his innocence. He has solely agreed to quickly step down from his submit as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Nadine Menendez was launched on $250,000 bail together with her journey restricted as effectively.

Menendez, 69, and his spouse, Nadine, 56, are dealing with costs of conspiracy to commit bribery, try and conspiracy to commit sincere companies wire fraud and conspiracy to commit extortion beneath colour of official proper, in response to court docket paperwork.

Their alleged coconspirators, New Jersey businessmen Fred Daibes, an actual property developer, Wael Hana and Joseph Uribe had been additionally named in that very same indictment and are dealing with two costs every.

Hana pleaded not responsible on Tuesday.