Sen. Bob Menendez is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 29 and faces decades in prison on bribery, fraud and other charges.
Meredith Deliso, Aaron Katersky, Josh Margolin and Mark CrudeleNew Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will resign his office on Aug. 20 following theMurphy, who will select an interim replacement,In the resignation letter to Murphy, obtained by ABC News, Menendez said he intends to appeal the verdict but does not want the "Senate to be involved in a lengthy process that will detract from its important work.
Menendez said in his letter that the Aug. 20 date will "give time for my staff to transition to other possibilities, transfer constituent files that are pending, allow for an orderly process to choose an interim replacement, and for me to close out my Senate affairs." A Manhattan federal jury found the New Jersey Democrat guilty on all charges, including bribery, fraud, acting as a foreign agent and obstruction, on July 16 following a two-month-long trial. Federal prosecutors said he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, mortgage payments and more in exchange for the senator's political clout.
Sen. Cory Booker, Menendez's New Jersey counterpart, and Murphy had also joined in the calls for his immediate resignation. Murphy said at the time that he would call on the U.S. Senate to expel him if the senator refused to resign and make a temporary appointment in the event of a vacancy.Following the verdict, he vowed to appeal his conviction. He told reporters he was "deeply disappointed" by the jury's decision while maintaining his innocence.
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