Senate Majority Leader Schumer Urges Menendez’s Resignation Post-Conviction

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has called on Senator Bob Menendez to resign following his conviction on all criminal counts at a corruption trial. Schumer emphasized that Menendez must do the right thing for his constituents, the Senate, and the country by stepping down voluntarily.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Senator Bob Menendez to resign on Tuesday after the New Jersey Democrat's conviction on all criminal counts he faced at a corruption trial.

"In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign," Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said in a statement.