"The allegations leveled against me are just that — allegations," he said at a press conference at a local community college.
"I recognize that this will be the biggest fight yet," he continued, adding that once the judicial process is complete, he expects that "not only will I be exonerated, I will still be New Jersey’s senior senator," according to the NY Times.
Speaking first in English and then in Spanish, Mr. Menendez, 69, reiterated much of the message he offered immediately after the indictment was announced. He said he was confident the case would be resolved favorably, and he urged patience “to allow all the facts to be presented.”
And he said that prosecutors had framed the facts to “be as salacious as possible.”
Standing behind the senator, against a wall, were roughly two dozen people he called “everyday people and constituents who know me.”
Menendez left without taking questions.
