Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer was among a group of high-profile politicians who called for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign Tuesday after the New Jersey Democrat’s conviction on corruption charges, ramping up pressure on the embattled politician to step down.
Schumer joined more than half the Democrats in the Senate who called for Menendez to resign last year after charges were brought against him, including fellow New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat.
The New York Democrat released a one-line statement shortly after news broke of the conviction. “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 said.
