Sen. Bob Menendez is charged with federal bribery counts related to allegedly accepting cash, gold and other items from three New Jersey businessmen.
, Peter Welch, Tammy Baldwin, Jon Tester, Jacky Rosen, Bob Casey, Elizabeth Warren, Martin Heinrich and Mark Kelly.in an interview Monday night,"It probably would be a good idea if he did resign."
Menendez has said he has no plans to quit, even as federal lawmakers, and a group of New Jersey elected officials, among them Gov. Phil Murphy, has asked that he do so. The campaigns of Tester and Casey, who are up for re-election next year, told CNBC they will donate the thousands of dollars each campaign received from Menendez's leadership political action committee this spring to charity.
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