Just Foreign Policy's Aída Chávez said the charges against him 'are very serious and call into question Sen. Menendez's character and ability to perform his role as chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.'
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer confirmed Friday afternoon that Sen. Bob Menendez will temporarily step down as head of the chamber's foreign relations panel after the New Jersey Democrat was hit with federal bribery charges.
"Bob Menendez has been a dedicated public servant and is always fighting hard for the people of New Jersey. He has a right to due process and a fair trial," said Schumer . "Sen. Menendez has rightly decided to step down temporarily from his position as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee until the matter has been resolved."U.S. Sen.
Nadine Menendez and the businessmen are also facing charges. The indictment says that the senator "provided sensitive U.S. government information and took other steps that secretly aided the government of Egypt," as well as "improperly advised and pressured an official at the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of protecting a business monopoly granted to Hana.
The senator also used his role to "disrupt a criminal investigation and prosecution undertaken by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office" related to Uribe, the indictment adds. Menendez further recommended that President Joe Biden nominate Philip R. Sellinger as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, because he believed the lawyer could be influenced regarding a federal criminal prosecution of Daibes.
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