Cory Booker calls on Bob Menendez, his fellow New Jersey senator, to resign

"Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday called on Sen. Bob Menendez, his fellow New Jersey Democrat in the U.S. Senate, to step aside in the face of a damning federal indictment on corruption charges issued last week."

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"Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday called on Sen. Bob Menendez, his fellow New Jersey Democrat in the U.S. Senate, to step aside in the face of a damning federal indictment on corruption charges issued last week."

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""This is Menendez's second indictment for corruption, with a first trial over charges brought in 2017 ending in a mistrial."

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""Booker praised Menendez as a friend and trusted colleague, one with a "boundless work ethic" and who is "deeply empathetic."

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""Booker praised Menendez as a friend and trusted colleague, one with a "boundless work ethic" and who is "deeply empathetic."

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"Senator Menendez has made these sacrifices in the past to serve."

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""Booker now joins other Democratic in the upper chamber -- including Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., John Tester, D-Mont., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., -- who have called on Menendez to resign."

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""Booker now joins other Democratic in the upper chamber -- including Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., John Tester, D-Mont., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., -- who have called on Menendez to resign."

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""Booker now joins other Democratic in the upper chamber -- including Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., John Tester, D-Mont., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., -- who have called on Menendez to resign."

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""Booker now joins other Democratic in the upper chamber -- including Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., John Tester, D-Mont., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., -- who have called on Menendez to resign."

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""Booker now joins other Democratic in the upper chamber -- including Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., John Tester, D-Mont., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., -- who have called on Menendez to resign."

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""As Sen. Menendez prepares to mount his legal defense, he has stated that he will not resign," Booker said in a statement."

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""In his statement, Booker said, "Stepping down is not an admission of guilt but an acknowledgment that holding public office often demands tremendous sacrifices at great personal cost."

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"I believe stepping down is best for those Senator Menendez has spent his life serving.""

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""It is not surprising to me that Sen. Menendez is again determined to mount a vigorous defense," Booker said Tuesday."

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""Sen. Menendez fiercely asserts his iocence, and it is therefore understandable that he believes stepping down is patently unfair."

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"On Monday, a defiant Menendez made his first public remarks about the indictment, in which he said the nearly $480,000 in cash and gold bars found in his house was from his own personal savings account over the years -- all money he claimed was legitimately earned from his career as a politician and lawmaker.nn"

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