More than half of Senate Democrats are calling on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after he was indicted on explosive federal bribery charges last week.

  • @[email protected]
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    159 months ago

    I thought you were supposed to get behind someone on your “team” no matter how criminal the charges.

    Weird. Weird how…both sides might not be the same.

    • @Peaty
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      39 months ago

      To be fair both sides did let him slide the last time he was tried for corruption

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          19 months ago

          I was furious as an NJ resident that he wasn’t prosecuted.

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        19 months ago

        To be fair, he is being prosecuted by a Democratic administration and was let slide during the Trump admin

        • @Peaty
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          09 months ago

          He was not punished by either side. The Senate as a whole dropped the ball.

          • @[email protected]
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            09 months ago

            The legal case failed on a hung jury and the voters chose him again in the primary. What the fuck was the Senate supposed to do

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      -29 months ago

      Only during campaigning do you call for this. Notice how last time he was indicated I never heard about it. They only doing this now because if they don’t makes Biden look bad.

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        49 months ago

        His first indictment was 8 years ago which is why you probably don’t remember it, and the grand jury investigation started 10 years ago. It was in the news for years off and on until the judge dismissed everything outright.

        You not hearing about it is a you issue.

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        9 months ago

        The last time he was indicted the case was weak, which is why the jury hung at 10 for acquittal and 2 for conviction and then the prosecution dropped the charges rather than refiling. This case is not weak and the details in the indictment, especially the communications they included, are impossible to ignore. Not all cases are equal.

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          19 months ago

          He was guilty then just got away with it. They still should called him out and damn sure the DNC shouldn’t have continued supporting him.

          Think about all the laws and rules he effected since then how much money did he take in actual bribes?

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            -19 months ago

            It appears you have forgotten that whole innocent before proven guilty concept your court system uses?

      • @Peaty
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        19 months ago

        If you didn’t hear about his indictment that’s a sign you weren’t paying any attention not that it wasn’t in the news. Had you bothered to search for it you would find it was extensively covered.

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    9 months ago

    I find it interesting that the Republicans aren’t making more noise about this and demanding his resignation.