WASHINGTON – Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of Democratic senators calling for the resignation of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who is facing federal corruption charges, while Sen. Dick Durbin, the number two Democrat in the chamber, is stopping short of asking the indicted lawmaker to step down.
Though Menendez denies the charges and intends to fight them, “the fact remains these are really serious and deeply troubling allegations of abuse of the public trust and corruption,” Duckworth, D-Ill., told the Chicago Sun-Times. “I think he should resign as senator.
