Robert Menendez Allegations

Sen. Robert Menendez is acknowledging his office contacted U.S. health agencies in a way that would help his biggest political donor, the same doctor whose private jet Menendez used for two personal trips to the Dominican Republic.

Sen. Robert Menendez said Monday that allegations that he engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic are false "smears." He said he has done nothing wrong and that allegations otherwise are "totally unsubstantiated."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he has the "utmost confidence" in fellow Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and says he has confidence the New Jersey senator "did nothing wrong" in associating with a prominent political donor who appears to be under investigation by the FBI.

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez did not answer questions or address a recent FBI raid on the office of a donor while speaking to New Jersey's Chamber of Commerce in Washington as new allegations are revealed.

The Florida raid on the office of a contributor to Robert Menendez (D) was focused more on possible Medicare fraud and not allegations about the Senator's activities in the Dominican Republic.

Sen. Robert Menendez's office says he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58,500 for the full cost of two out of three trips on the donor's plane to the Dominican Republic.

Sen. Robert Menendez's office says he traveled on a plane owned by a Florida physician who is a friend and political donor, but denied that the senator had engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic and called any allegation "politically-motivated."

The FBI raided the Florida office of an eye doctor who has contributed to the campaign of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and alleged by the political website Daily Caller to have provided the Democrat with free trips and underage Dominican Republic prostitutes.