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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., enters federal court in New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. A jury is expected to resume deliberations Tuesday in the bribery trial of Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat accused of accepting gold and cash to use his political clout to help three businessmen and the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Schumer calls for Menendez to resign from Senate following guilty verdict in corruption trial

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

FILE - Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive at the federal courthouse in New York, Sept. 27, 2023. Menendez said Thursday, May 16, 2024, that his wife has breast cancer and will require a mastectomy, a revelation made just as the presentation of evidence began at his New York bribery trial. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

Bob Menendez reveals wife has breast cancer as first evidence entered in his corruption trial

By Mike Catalini and Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

New Jersey first lady and U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Murphy talks to reporters at the Bergen County Democratic convention in Paramus, N.J., Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy suspends her Senate campaign to replace indicted Sen. Menendez

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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., talks with reporters in the Senate Subway at the U.S. Capitol Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

New Jersey businessman pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in case against Sen. Bob Menendez

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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the budget request for the State Department for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2023, in Washington. Menendez faces a new allegation that he used clout to help businessman get deal with Qatari investment fund. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Robert Menendez makes the case that he is the victim of political payback

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Santos threatens slew of ethics complaints against former colleagues

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., listens during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. Menendez returns to Manhattan federal court on Monday, Oct. 23, to enter a not guilty plea to a conspiracy charge alleging that he acted as an agent of the Egyptian government even as he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Sen. Bob Menendez, allegedly bribed with gold bars, hires attorney nicknamed ‘Gold Bars’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, leave federal court, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York. Menendez pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he used his powerful post to secretly advance Egyptian interests and carry out favors for local businessmen in exchange for bribes of cash and gold bars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sen. Bob Menendez returns to New York court to enter plea to new conspiracy charge

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves federal court after a hearing on a bribery case, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. Menendez entered a not guilty plea to a charge alleging he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to illegal foreign agent charge

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., departs the Senate floor in the Capitol, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Washington. Menendez is facing federal charges of bribery and he met with the Democratic Caucus on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Menendez won’t go to classified Israel briefing because he’s accused of being illegal foreign agent

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Fetterman wants Senate to boot Menendez amid new charges

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, leave federal court on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in New York. Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials. The superseding indictment was filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, Oct. 12. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Sen. Menendez hit with additional criminal charge of acting as a foreign agent

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., right, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, pose for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 20, 2022. Arslanian, the then-future wife of Sen. Menendez, killed a man with her car in December 2018 and was sent from the scene without being charged, according to new details that match an auto “accident” that prosecutors cite in their sweeping federal indictment of the pair as a pivotal motivation for one of the senator's alleged bribes. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

New Jersey AG opens inquiry into probe of fatal crash involving Sen. Bob Menendez’s then-future wife

By Deepti Hajela - Associated Press

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., right, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, pose for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 20, 2022. Arslanian, the then-future wife of Sen. Menendez, killed a man with her car in December 2018 and was sent from the scene without being charged, according to new details that match an auto “accident” that prosecutors cite in their sweeping federal indictment of the pair as a pivotal motivation for one of the senator's alleged bribes. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Report of fatal car crash fills in key gap in Bob Menendez federal bribery investigation

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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., left, speaks with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, while attending a rally of Armenian-Americans in New York's Times Square to mark the centennial of the killings of as many 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, today's Turkey, on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer broke with fellow Democrats on Wednesday by refusing to call for the resignation of embattled Sen. Bob Menendez. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Schumer rebukes Menendez but stops short of calling for his resignation

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during a press conference on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Union City, N.J. Menendez defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges, saying cash authorities found in his home was from his savings account and was on hand for emergencies, and wasn't bribe proceeds. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Menendez defiantly vows to stay in office amid bribery charges, says resignation calls ‘political’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during a campaign event, Monday, July 24, 2023, in Concord, N.H. Christie is the only GOP White House contender to campaign in New Hampshire since Monday. He's devoting the vast majority of his time to the Granite State, and South Carolina, to a lesser degree. “There’s a lot of people competing in Iowa — hard — and not as many people competing hard in New Hampshire,” Christie said in an interview. “I think it’s a mistake and I think I’m going to benefit from it.” (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Ex-N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has ‘no interest’ in running for Senate amid indictment of Bob Menendez

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, June 22, 2023, in Washington. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife were indicted Friday, Sept. 22, on bribery charges. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Democrats pressuring Sen. Bob Menendez to resign over bribery charges, corruption accusations

By Ramsey Touchberry and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez speaks at a press conference in oms River, N.J. on Oct. 28, 2019, a before the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. On Sept. 22, 2023, Menendez, a Democrat, was indicted on bribery charges, which he called unfounded. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Menendez gains a primary opponent as calls for his resignation grow after indictment

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

This photo, which was included in an indictment of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), shows a jacket bearing Menendez's name, along with cash from envelops found inside the Jacket during a search by federal agents of the senator's home in Harrison, N.J., in 2022. Federal prosecutors announced charges of bribery against Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Additional information on the jacket was redacted by the source. (U.S. Attorney's Office via AP)

Feds indict New Jersey Democratic Sen. Menendez, wife on sweeping bribery charges

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times