“It is not lost on me how quickly some are rushing to judge a Latino and push him out of his seat. I am not going anywhere.”
“Those who believe in justice believe in innocence until proven guilty,” Menendez, 69, said in a statement.
“It is not lost on me how quickly some are rushing to judge a Latino and push him out of his seat,” he said.The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York charged Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, 56, with three conspiracy counts on Friday in connection with what prosecutors call a “corrupt bribery agreement” that benefited the couple, three New Jersey businessmen and the government of Egypt.
Other Democrats, including Rep. Dean Phillips , Rep. Andy Kim and former Attorney General Eric Holder, have also called on Menendez to resign.New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is facing federal corruption charges related to an alleged years-long scheme., Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes, and the country of Egypt, according to officials., were charged with taking hundreds of thousands in bribes, according to a Manhattan federal indictment.
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