New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign from Senate after bribery convictions | PBS News
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.
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He shouldn’t be allowed to resign. He should be removed and barred from holding office. He deserves no grace
Shouldn't be go to jail instead of being allowed to resign?
He’s rich, his justice system is not the same as ours
Sad truth about it, yes.
His sentencing is in a couple months. Jail is still on the table. Depending on the jurisdiction and type of crime, it's not uncommon for sentencing to occur later on while the two sides organize their pitch for what's appropriate. Plus probation offices and such can give their own assessments.
Good. Good riddance.
He specifically chose that his resignation would take effect today, because they a paycheck today. Gotta milk it for every last little bit of cash they can grab!
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.
I mean that's fair enough. I'm sure he doesn't need the money as badly as your average Joe
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.
I was reading that his entire staff lost their jobs so I think it was more for them then him. To give them time to find new jobs.
Wait he hadn't up to this point?! Throw the motherfucker in jail already.
This guy has 1/100th the power of 1/3rd of the most powerful nation on earth and that wasn't enough for him
Took long enough.
What does this mean for votes in Senate now, won't everything be a tie?
George Helmy will be replacing him.
Not the best way to break that ground, but still good to see.
He's apparently Coptic, and their feelings on Palestine can be pretty broad, so we'll see if he ends up pushing the Senate toward a less pro-Israel stance.
Wouldn't the governor of New Jersey replace him?
isn't already ties with Kamala getting the tiebreaker?
If that is the case atm Reps win
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