Gold bar Bob Menendez will not run for re-election to Senate in November — but still refuses to quit
By Social Links for Isabel Vincent
Published March 7, 2024, 4:28 p.m. ET
Embattled New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez will not run for re-election in November, although he still refuses to hand in his resignation, The Post has learned.
“He will not be running,” said a source close to Menendez.
The three-term federal senator, who resigned his powerful position as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee following the initial indictment last year, faces an 18-count indictment — and stiff competition from a group of Democratic primary challengers.
Menendez, 70, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, 56, were charged Tuesday in a fresh indictment with lying to federal investigators and obstructing justice while Menendez was charged with acting as an unregistered agent of the government of Qatar.
That added to charges which were first brought in October accusing the couple of accepting gold bars and nearly $500,000 in cash in exchange for favors to New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian government.
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