I said in another thread on FR yesterday that I don’t think he should resign.
He was previously indicted and put on trial and was acquitted.
Until he’s convicted of a crime, he should remain in his job, if he’s convicted then he must resign or be expelled by the Senate, otherwise the only people who should remove him from office are the voters. If they want to elect a crook, then that’s on NJ.
Trump is currently under 4 criminal indictments, should he be forced to drop out of the race ?? Of course not, the voters should be the ones to pass judgement on Trump.
If forcing people to resign based on nothing but allegations become the norm, how many Republicans in the future will be forced to resign or drop out of running.
>>Others Democrats who called for Menendez to resign were U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-3rd), U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th), Senate President Nick Scutari, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman LeRoy J. Jones Jr.
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2023/09/sen-robert-menendez-wife-indicted-on-bribery-charges/
He’s lost the support of the Democratic Party in NJ. He’s toast.
He wasn’t acquitted in the first case A mistrial was declared with the jury deadlocked 10 to 2 voting to convict. The prosecutor chose not to retry the case.
His last trial resulted in a mistrial. The DOJ never presented another case against him on those charges.
Allegations? He was caught red-handed. Trump did nothing wrong. It’s ok to make value judgements. You are not a child...
It’s DEMOCRATS who are calling for him to resign. And I suspect it’s only because they fear the impact this fiasco will have on the 2023 state legislative races in New Jersey.