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Sen. Bob Menendez Gives Up the Ghost, Reportedly Says He'll Resign From Congress
Red State ^ | 07/17/2024 | Susie Moore

Posted on 07/17/2024 6:56:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

He's steadfastly maintained his innocence, but Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was convicted by a federal jury in New York on Tuesday on 16 charges, including bribery, extortion, acting as a foreign agent, obstruction of justice, and several counts of conspiracy.

Since his indictment, Menendez has batted away calls for him to resign his Senate seat, including by fellow Democratic Senator John Fetterman (PA).

However, on Wednesday, Menendez reportedly told allies that would, indeed, resign.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has told allies that he will resign from Congress after being convicted on federal corruption charges, two people directly familiar with those conversations tell NBC News.

Menendez, who had been defiant for months in the face of calls from dozens of Senate Democrats to resign, appears to have finally relented after the guilty verdict and growing threats to expel him if he refused. He is calling allies to notify them of his intention to resign, these sources said, which would end a three-decade career in Congress that included a powerful committee chairmanship, writing major legislation and two criminal trials over allegations of corruption.

Among those who urged him to resign were Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; and Menendez's friend and fellow New Jersey Democratic senator, Cory Booker.

“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 after Menendez's latest corruption trial ended in guilty verdicts.

However, after NBC published that report, Menendez pushed back on it.

"I can tell you that I have not resigned nor have I spoken to any so called allies ... Seems to me that there is an effort to try to force me into a statement. Anyone who knows me knows that's the worst way to achieve a goal with me."

Once Menendez steps down — if he steps down — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) will appoint his replacement to finish out his term (which ends in 2025). Currently, Menendez is running for reelection as an Independent, while Andy Kim is challenging him as the Democrat, and Curtis Bashaw is running as the Republican candidate. Will he bow out? I guess we'll see...



TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: andykim; bobmenendez; corruption; corybooker; curtisbashaw; dickdurbin; illinois; johnfetterman; newjersey; pennsylvania; philmurphy; resignation; senate

1 posted on 07/17/2024 6:56:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

In before Powers Boothe.


2 posted on 07/17/2024 6:58:13 PM PDT by OKSooner (FREE BANNON!!!)
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To: OKSooner

How does this affect the senate race? Does the Republican have a shot if Menendez is pulling some votes as an Independent?


3 posted on 07/17/2024 7:02:25 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: SeekAndFind

How many gold bars did they have to give him to resign?


4 posted on 07/17/2024 7:03:49 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: SeekAndFind

Now the waiting game. Who’s the radical leftist that the Governor is going to appoint?


5 posted on 07/17/2024 7:04:51 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like you will die in prison, I will pray that you change your mind of needing a Savior.


6 posted on 07/17/2024 7:09:12 PM PDT by MAAG (The LORD does not choose sides, HE is a side.)
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To: MAAG

Rock me gently-smooth sailing. No need to wait.


7 posted on 07/17/2024 7:14:54 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: SeekAndFind

Sure. When? They often say at the end of their term.


8 posted on 07/17/2024 7:22:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Dems can replace Biden with him


9 posted on 07/17/2024 7:24:11 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: qaz123

His pointy nosed wife is my bet.


10 posted on 07/17/2024 7:40:42 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Democrats are warp speed to the radical and corrupt radical Left.


11 posted on 07/17/2024 7:46:57 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: HYPOCRACY

Whoever it is, someone that is corrupt, greedy, nasty and will do whatever they’re told to by the anonymous ‘powers that be’


12 posted on 07/17/2024 7:48:56 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: SeekAndFind

Make gold your new standard.


13 posted on 07/17/2024 7:50:56 PM PDT by 353FMG
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We all know how unbiased those New York juries are . . .


14 posted on 07/17/2024 7:51:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: qaz123

That’s Murphy’s disgusting wife to a tee.


15 posted on 07/17/2024 8:05:55 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gov. Murphy may appoint himself to fill the term or his wife.


16 posted on 07/17/2024 8:07:56 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s not what ‘give up the ghost’ means.


17 posted on 07/17/2024 8:24:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bob Menendez is up for election this year.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/general/2024/new-jersey/bashaw-vs-kim-vs-menendez


18 posted on 07/17/2024 8:55:46 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This action should help the D’s, unfortunately, not that the present R candidate for N.J. U.S. Senate is conservative enough, anyways.


19 posted on 07/17/2024 9:43:58 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK)
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