Menendez steps down as Foreign Relations chair following indictment on bribery charges



Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) temporarily stepped down as Foreign Relations Committee chair after being indicted on bribery charges. It is the second time the senator has been indicted while in office.

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28 comments

  1. He needs to be fired. Now crimiinal. We the people are very sick of this stuff. How do they always get away with it.

  2. This total loss or embarrassment for the Hispanic and Jewish ✡ people of Garden State 😅

  3. When is Bribe-Taker-In-Chief Joe Biden going to step down?

  4. Damian Williams , get them! Stay strong.

  5. I can see why wealthy people hate the idea of the IRS having many, many more agents… 😳

  6. Wish I had wads of cash and gold bars in my jacket pockets. All have are lint and mints…😉

  7. Menendez should resign and be locked up. At least the Democrats does not condone this unlike the Republicans who always cry witch hunt. Jared Ivanka, Eric, DonJr, DJT , Alito, Thomas, Santos all should be locked up. Anyone who does these crimes regardless of party should all go to jail. Good for the governor of NJ. SCHUMER IS TOO BUSY BABYSITTING FETTERMAN TO DO ANYTHING about getting rid of Menendez.
    Al Franken was unjustly removed spearheaded by the saint Gillibrand of his own party. Will she do the same to Menendez? Probably not because she has mud on her face the way she helped oust Al Franken. Al you are still loved and should run again.❤ Republicans cannot truthfuly say Merrick Garland is partisan. Shame the way crooked gym and the Republicans are trying to hang Garland.
    Gym should have been locked up a long time ago with Menendez.

  8. I guess his daughter Alicia won't be talking about this story on her MSNBC show.

  9. His only mistake was not cutting in the “Big Guy” for his 10%.

  10. His argument will be, even though you found "thousand-dollar and golf bars hidden in jackets in my house", I have no idea how it got there and an am incent. I wonder how much the rest of the politicians (especially Democrats) have jackets full of money in their houses. But he has no idea how they got there, and if you believed that, I have bridge to sale you in AZ, next to the Atlantic Ocean.

  11. 10% for the big Guy. Follow the money.

  12. Just Like The Last Time Nothing To See Here! What's a few Bars of Gold? Selling Military secrets in DC is the New Norm! Its a nothing Burger!

  13. Bribery? Sounds like treason.

  14. Domestic enemy of the American people.

  15. The Democratic Party says "JUMP" and the press says "HOW HIGH" A Few key points of course she will point out the prosecutor was chosen by Joe Biden. Ask yourself why not one news agency is reporting on the real reason there could be a government shut-down–The real reason is that the Democrats are refusing to pass legislation when a Republican has made the request.

  16. Just another political crock there’s a whole lot of them. Disgusting.

  17. Menendez, Biden, Pelosi, Garland…..the faces of corruption

  18. How about Gov of NJ and A G ???

  19. Bob Menendez needs to announce he's running for President to avoid going to prison…..Clarence Thomas is black so he would be the obvious choice for V.P.

  20. As Fred Sanford used to say, "You big dummy!" 😊😊😊😊😊😊

  21. If he's guilty throw away the key. Good Job FBI!

  22. He was indicted in 2018, why did DT DOJ at tht time clear him ?? I salute Democrats at the Congress who called him to resign without hesitation and zillion of excuses !! And it takes Biden elected person to crack the case❤

  23. Democrats didn't call the indictment of the prosecution of Menendez a political persecution. But Bin Laden Trump?, and the minions in the Republican Party?, they get indicted?, and prosecutors are upholding the Justice of the law?, and the Republican militia terrorist organization wants to call it political persecution, and their voters?, eat it up rolling my eyes SMH.

    And here it is folks this is what it's supposed to look like?, when a political party like a Democrat gets caught committing crimes or I should say allegedly committing crimes?, they step down from office that is exactly what the Republican party has to do and there is not a single peep in the Republican Party about Menendez. That's to show show you the hypocrisy of the Republican party and I just don't understand why voters keep voting for hypocrisy and Corruption. Rolling my eyes SMH

    Where are you Republicans?, where are you voters?, where is your moral compass hope your bin Laden Trump and the fake election to steal the country and the instruction on January 6th?. You guys better start growing a moral compass because the United States people are getting sick of this!. The independent voters are getting sick of your Republican Shenanigans and your hypocrisies!. 👏👏💯🤷‍♀️🤬

  24. When will Biden be held accountable for money his family is receiving from other countries.

  25. NBC reporting on corruption by a Democrat? May your birthing person wash your mouth out with organic soap.

  26. i think this is the definition of treason.