New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign from Senate after bribery convictions
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Menendez signaled his resignation last month in a letter to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is slated to resign by the end of the day Tuesday, about a month after a jury convicted him on federal bribery charges.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    241·
    4 months ago

    He specifically chose that his resignation would take effect today, because they a paycheck today. Gotta milk it for every last little bit of cash they can grab!

    • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 months ago

      I was reading that his entire staff lost their jobs so I think it was more for them then him. To give them time to find new jobs.

    • subignition@fedia.io
      75·
      4 months ago

      There are a lot of things worth criticizing him for but I don’t think this is one of them. You and I would likely act the same if we had the choice of timing our resignation.

      • pigslop@lemm.eeEnglish
        131·
        4 months ago

        Dawg I think you lost the plot here. Dude’s resigning because he was caught in corruption. You can criticize him for further exploiting his power to enrich himself.

        • subignition@fedia.io
          2·
          4 months ago

          I mean that’s fair enough. I’m sure he doesn’t need the money as badly as your average Joe

          • would_be_appreciated@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            4 months ago

            Considering these are bribery charges and “investigators found $480,000 in cash and more than $100,000 worth of gold bars” just at his home, I think he has plenty of money.