Senators were flooded with questions about Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-NJ) federal indictment on bribery charges when they returned to Washington on Tuesday.
Senators typically return to their home states for the weekend on Thursday and head back to Washington on Monday or Tuesday, with conference luncheons scheduled for the next day. The Menendez indictment was handed down on Friday, meaning that members have not yet had the chance to discuss the news with large swaths of their colleagues.A number of members on both sides did not wait to hear from their conference to speak out on the charges.
More than half of GOP senators have not weighed in yet, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Whip John Thune , the latter of whom offered a “no comment” when asked for a Menendez reaction on Tuesday afternoon. Of the Republicans who opted to comment, none called on the Democratic senator to resign.
Sen. Marco Rubio , who serves with Menendez on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, echoed that position, writing on the social media site: “The allegations against the Senior Senator from New Jersey are nasty & the evidence offered difficult to explain away. But in America guilt is decided by a jury, not politicians in fear of their party losing a Senate seat.”
Sen. Mike Rounds told reporters that senators “don't have a say” in the Menendez matter “at this stage of the game, so we have to be prepared to work with him if he's still here.”
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