Bob Menendez, as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defended the AUKUS agreement from Republican resistance.
In a statement released late Friday afternoon, Murphy said the allegations were “deeply disturbing.”
The sweeping federal charges accuse the Menendezes of doing favours for the businessmen who showered them with gifts of gold bars, hundreds of thousands in cash, mortgage payments and a Mercedes convertible.The indictment in New York federal court said that Menendez abused his power to secretly benefit Egypt as well the businessmen, including one seeking help with his own federal indictment.
Representative Andy Kim of New Jersey also released a statement urging Menendez to resign. Another House Democrat, Dean Phillips of Minnesota, earlier told CNN he should step down.
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