A Senate Ethics Committee adjudicatory review of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez’s alleged violations of the Senate rules has been closed after the embattled lawmaker’s resignation took effect on Tuesday.
Menendez, who for months resisted calls for his resignation, was facing a possible expulsion depending on the results of the review. Menendez first indicated that he planned to resign on July 23, just days after he was convicted on 16 counts of public corruption and bribery.
Federal prosecutors brought the charges against Menendez in New York in September 2023, alleging that the senator and his wife accepted bribes from New Jersey businessmen.
