Tag: Menendez
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Fetterman moves to strip Menendez of committees amid corruption charges
[ad_1] Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman introduced a resolution on Thursday that would strip fellow Democrat Bob Menendez and others indicted for alleged corruption of their committee assignments. The resolution doesn’t directly…
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More Senate Democrats Call for Menendez to Resign
[ad_1] A stampede of Senate Democrats led by some of the party’s most endangered incumbents rushed forward on Tuesday calling for Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey to resign, a day after he defiantly vowed to fight federal corruption charges and predicted he would be exonerated. Even as Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the…
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Cory Booker Says Menendez Should Resign, Breaking Silence
[ad_1] Senator Cory Booker called on Senator Robert Menendez, his fellow New Jersey Democrat, to resign Tuesday morning, ending days of silence after Mr. Menendez was indicted on bribery charges. As New Jersey’s junior senator, Mr. Booker often has described Mr. Menendez, the senior senator, as a friend, ally and mentor. His decision to condemn…
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Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey rejects calls to resign, vowing to fight federal charges
[ad_1] Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey rejected calls for his resignation following his indictment on federal bribery charges, striking a defiant tone Monday in his first public comments on the allegations. “I recognize this will be the biggest fight yet,” Menendez said Monday in Union City, where he started his political career. “But as…
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Egypt, Senator Menendez and U.S. Aid
[ad_1] After decades as one of the world’s largest recipients of United States foreign aid, the Egyptian government was nervous about how long the largess would continue at that level. But when the United States cut a sliver of the aid in 2017 over Egypt’s grim human rights record, stunning Cairo, Egyptian officials found an…
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These Are the Key Players in the Case Against Senator Menendez
[ad_1] Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey faces new federal corruption charges, almost six years after a trial on unrelated claims of bribery ended with a hung jury. Mr. Menendez, a Democrat who leads the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, has repeatedly said that he was willing to assist investigators and expected the inquiry would be…
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Networks Ignore DOJ Investigation of Corrupt NJ Senator Bob Menendez
[ad_1] On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the corrupt New Jersey Democrat Senator Bob Menendez is once again under investigation by the Department of Justice for violation of Congressional ethics rules. This is the second time in less than a decade that Menendez has been investigated for corruption and ethics violations. Despite this…