Menendez responds to federal corruption charges, says he’s ‘not going anywhere’

Responding to reports that the Justice Department is preparing to charge him with criminal corruption, a defiant Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, said he is “not going anywhere.”

Mr. Menendez maintained that he had “always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law.”

CNN first reported Friday that the DOJ is preparing to charge the senator over his relation with Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor, who is one of Mr. Menendez’s main fundraisers and supporters. The FBI has been investigating whether Mr. Menendez