The governor and other New Jersey Democrats, including a member of Congress, called for the Democratic senator's resignation after he was indicted on bribery charges.
Kim was the second Democrat on Capitol Hill to call for Menendez to step down amid the allegations., Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., said that regardless of political party, a member of Congress who appears to have broken the law should resign, when asked whether Menendez should resign from the Senate.
A spokesperson for Menendez did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the calls for his resignation. In exchange, the couple received lavish bribes, including “cash, gold bars, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle and other items of value,” prosecutors said.
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