Pressure escalates as fellow New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker joins calls for Bob Menendez to resign
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Several more Senate Democrats called Tuesday for Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., to resign after he was indicted last week on bribery and corruption charges, including his longtime friend and fellow New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. “For nearly a decade, I’ve worked in the Senate alongside Senator Menendez. As New Jersey’s junior Senator, I imagine that I’ve had more professional experiences with him than most others, and I’ve witnessed his extraordinary work and boundless work ethic," Booker said in a statement, before calling the allegations against him "shocking" with "specific, disturbing...
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