'I will be vindicated,' Menendez says before start of trial
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) " U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez told reporters, "Not once have I dishonored my public office," before he entered a courthouse for the start of a federal corruption trial Wednesday that could threaten his political career and potentially the makeup of a deeply divided U.S. Senate if he's convicted.Flanked by his two adult children and at times choking back tears, the New Jersey Democrat said, "I started my public career fighting corruption " that's how I started " and I have [...]
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