solomon melgun. he set up a meeting with then senate majority leader harry reid and kathleen sebelius. he instead allowed a private contractor that melgun controlled to sell the equipment. men endez said he did no wrong and promises to stay in the senate. >> let me be very chlor. i have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law, i am not going anywhere. >> menendez was the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. he is now the committee's top democrat. he has been at odds with obama administration. he agreed to hold off pushing additional sanctions against iran. >> first of all, do they have a case? >> that is up for a federal grand jury to decide. if the federal government has enough evidence. government lawyers need to demonstrate menendez went beyond the senate colleagues in his conduct. >> a lot of senators fly a lot of places and do favors for political donors and i would need to hear from the department of justice what makes it different than a typical case