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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mary Clare Jalonick

Menendez will address Senate colleagues about his bribery charges as calls for his resignation grow

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With calls for his resignation increasing, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez is expected on Thursday to address his Democratic Senate colleagues for the first time since he was indicted on federal bribery charges.

More than half of Senate Democrats have said he should step down. But Menendez, who is scheduled to speak to his colleagues in a closed-door party luncheon in the Capitol, has so far signaled he has no plans to leave the Senate.

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