Defiant Sen. Bob Menendez refused to say whether he would resign after his federal conviction on bribery charges Tuesday — even as a chorus of Democrats demanded he step down.
The three-term New Jersey Democrat ignored questions outside Manhattan federal court about whether he planned to leave the Senate — as he insisted, “I have never violated my public oath.
“I’m deeply, deeply disappointed by the jury’s decision,” Menendez said. “I have every faith that the law and the facts are not sustained with that decision, and that we will be successful upon appeal.”
Within an hour of the jury’s decision, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded Menendez’s resignation.
“In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” Schumer said in a statement.
Menendez, 70, had chaired the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee until his indictment in September on corruption charges, which expanded in the subsequent months to include counts of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Egypt and Qatar.
This arrogant Ego-Maniac should be in Prison Not Congress !!!!!!!
he will be the democratic choice for president when biden gives up,