Staff members were informed of the senator's decision Tuesday.
Meredith Deliso, Aaron Katersky, and Josh Margolin New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will resign his office on Aug. 20 following conviction in his federal corruption trial, multiple sources told ABC News. New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will resign his office on Aug. 20 following conviction in his federal corruption trial, multiple sources told ABC News.
A Manhattan federal jury found the New Jersey Democrat guilty on all charges, including bribery, fraud, acting as a foreign agent and obstruction, on Tuesday 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. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks to the media outside federal court, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in New York.
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.
He added that the jury's decision would "put at risk every member of the United States Senate in terms of what they think a foreign agent would be."
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