8月23日凌晨2时48分，经过10多个小时飞行，美国友人“赛考斯”（本名罗纳德·萨科尔斯基）抵达北京首都国际机场。《环球时报》记者和多家媒体早早守候在机场出口。    Federal prosecutors filed new charges Thursday against Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., accusing him of violating a prohibition on members of Congress from acting as an agent of a foreign principal.The superseding indictment said Menendez "made multiple requests for the U.S. Department of Justice to commence an investigation against another person for allegedly failing to register under FARA."Menendez faced a sweeping indictment in late September accusing him and his wife of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes in exchange for using the senator's power and influence to seek to protect and enrich the businessman.The superseding indictment includes four new charges and appears to mark the first time a sitting member of Congress has ever been charged with conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent.The indictment alleges Menendez conspired with his wife, Nadine Menendez, and New Jersey businessman Wael Hana to have the senator act as an agent of Egypt.The indictment includes new photos of Menendez, his wife and Hana dining with Egyptian officials that prosecutors said were part of a "corrupt agreement" to provide the senator and his wife with hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for official acts taken to benefit the Egyptians.Once Nadine Menendez informed her friend Hana that she was dating Menendez, prosecutors said the two "arranged a series of meetings and dinners" with Egyptian officials. In exchange for bribe payments, Menendez was meant to help lift a block on U.S. military aide to Egypt, the indictment says."The new allegation that Wael Hana was part of a plot concocted over dinner to enlist Senator Menendez as an agent of the Egyptian Government is as absurd as it is false," Hana's lawyer, Larry Lustberg, said in a statement to ABC News. "As with the other charges in this indictment, Mr. Hana will vigorously defend against this baseless allegation."The new indictment also alleges Nadine Menendez set up an LLC to receive bribe payments, quoting a message from her saying "every time I'm in a middle person for a deal I am asking to get paid and this is my consulting company."As part of the new charges, federal prosecutors sought to seize the senator's home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, the 2019 Mercedes convertible prosecutors said Nadine Menendez bought with bribe money, nearly half a million dollars in cash and multiple gold bars.Reached by phone, the senator's defense attorney, David Kolansky, said he had no immediate comment.The superseding indictment says Menendez "made multiple requests for the U.S. Department of Justice to commence an investigation against another person for allegedly failing to register under FARA," who appears to be former Republican congressman David Rivera from Florida, who Menendez accused of being an agent for Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro.Menendez, as well as his wife, pleaded not guilty to the first set of charges on Sept. 27.Sen. Marco Rubio, the No. 2 member on the Senate Intelligence Committee behind Menendez, told reporters just after the news broke that he had not yet seen the reporting, but called it concerning."Yeah, I mean, who's in favor of that? I mean, of course it's concerning," Rubio said, but added that Menendez has a right to defend himself."I'm hearing it from you for the first time so if he wants to defend his record, he has a right to do so. And in our country, the government is tasked with the job of proving those cases," Rubio told reporters.Menendez has said he will not step down and strongly denounced the charges in a press conference."Everything I've accomplished I've worked for despite the naysayers and everyone who has underestimated me," he said on Sept. 25. "I recognize this will be the biggest fight yet. But as I have stated throughout this whole process, I firmly believe that when all the facts are presented, not only will I be exonerated, but I still will be New Jersey's senior senator."ABC News' Elizabeth Landers contributed to this report.。刚一现身，“赛考斯”便笑着迎向镜头，用不太流利的中文激动地反复说道：“我回来了！”谈及对此次中国之行的期待，“赛考斯”对《环球时报》记者说：“我想见殷女士，想看看那片森林，也想见见那些将近30年没有见过的学生和以前的同事。

二 | ”他说，这次回来“就像梦想成真”，“我从来没有想过这一天真的会到来”。“当飞机降落、我看到北京的灯光时，那一刻我才真正意识到，我回到了自己的第二故乡。”“赛考斯”难掩激动地说道，“这里就像我的第二个家”，这种感受“有时候真的无法用语言表达”。

三 | 当被问及对于20多年来中国发生的变化有什么感受时，刚刚落地的“赛考斯”对《环球时报》记者说，从照片中，他已经看到当年的沙漠变成了森林，听说现在的洛阳也变得更加美丽，“1999年的时候也还没有高铁”。“我从来没有想到，那里最终真的会变成一片森林。

四 | ”他说，“殷女士才是真正的英雄，我只是想亲口对她说一声谢谢。

五 | ”23日下午，“赛考斯”将飞往内蒙古鄂尔多斯。主办方工作人员告诉《环球时报》记者，27年前接受他5000美元资助、坚持在毛乌素沙地植树治沙的劳模殷玉珍，将在那里等待与他重逢。1999年，“赛考斯”通过中美教师交换项目赴河南洛阳任教。27年后，一段跨越太平洋的“寻找‘赛考斯’”的故事让两人重新取得联系。如今，这位已经退休的美国历史老师再次踏上中国土地，他期待看到那片森林，也期待与老朋友、老学生再次相拥。

环球时报记者 何珊 张艺滢（实习生）