By Zachary Fagenson WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - The Florida ophthalmologist accused of showering New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez with gifts in exchange for help on Medicare billing disputes plans to fight new federal charges that he committed Medicare fraud, his attorney said on Wednesday. An arraignment hearing in the fraud case was continued to Thursday, after Salomon Melgen appeared briefly in Florida federal court on Wednesday morning wearing handcuffs and appearing disheveled in a blue jumpsuit. Melgen, who was charged earlier this month with corruption along with Menendez, was indicted on Tuesday of Medicare fraud by the U.S. Attorney's office in Miami.
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