Support for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has been rare, especially within his own party, since he and his wife Nadine were indicted Friday on federal charges involving bribery, fraud, and extortion.
Many prominent Democrats, including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, the state's junior U.S. senator, Cory Booker, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California have called on Menendez to resign. But Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has tried to pump the brakes on resignation talk, saying Menendez deserves his day in court.
In another post, Cotton said the Department of Justice doesn't have a strong track record in prosecuting public figures, bringing up former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, former President Donald Trump, as well as Menendez, whose 2017 trial over federal charges of bribery, fraud and making false statements ended in a mistrial.
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