[Source.](https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/bob-menendez-pleads-not-guilty-to-obstruction-of-justice-charges/) > U.S. senator Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment charging him with obstruction of justice, as the embattled Democratic lawmaker's corruption trial draws near. > Menendez entered the plea at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in Manhattan. > Menendez was charged last year with taking bribes from New Jersey businessmen to impede law enforcement probes they faced and illegally acting as an agent of the Egyptian government. He has previously pleaded not guilty to those charges.