New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign from Senate after bribery convictions
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Menendez signaled his resignation last month in a letter to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is slated to resign by the end of the day Tuesday, about a month after a jury convicted him on federal bribery charges.

  • subignition@fedia.io
    95·
    2 months ago

    There are a lot of things worth criticizing him for but I don’t think this is one of them. You and I would likely act the same if we had the choice of timing our resignation.

    • pigslop@lemm.eeEnglish
      131·
      2 months ago

      Dawg I think you lost the plot here. Dude’s resigning because he was caught in corruption. You can criticize him for further exploiting his power to enrich himself.

      • subignition@fedia.io
        2·
        2 months ago

        I mean that’s fair enough. I’m sure he doesn’t need the money as badly as your average Joe

        • would_be_appreciated@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Considering these are bribery charges and “investigators found $480,000 in cash and more than $100,000 worth of gold bars” just at his home, I think he has plenty of money.