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, the New Jersey Democrat facing more than a dozen charges over an alleged years-long corruption scheme, announced Thursday he will not. “I am hopeful that my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy as an independent Democrat in the general election.”“I know many of you are hurt and disappointed in me with the accusations I’m facing,” he continued. “Believe me, I am disappointed at the false accusations as well.
Menendez has maintained his innocence and even suggested he’s the victim of a conspiracy to oust him. “Those behind this campaign simply cannot accept that a first-generation Latino American from humble beginnings could rise to be a U.S. Senator and serve with honor and distinction,” he said in a statement following his indictment last year.
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