Chuck Schumer Stops Short Of Calling For Bob Menendez To Resign From Senate

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has stopped short of calling for newly indicted Sen. Bob Menendez to resign, breaking from the increasing number of fellow Democrats publicly demanding that their colleague step down. On Wednesday, the New Jersey senator pleaded not guilty to federal charges accusing him of taking bribes in exchange for using his political power to do favors for multiple businessmen and further the interests of the Egyptian government. Menendez temporarily stepped down as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after he was indicted, but he has...