Marco Rubio doesn't think Bob Menendez should resign

Marco Rubio doesn't think Bob Menendez should resign

As the list of Democrats calling for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s resignation grows, Florida’s Republican senior Senator offered a different take.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Miami Republican, delivered somewhat of a defense of his Democratic colleague.

“The allegations against the Senior Senator from New Jersey are nasty (and) the evidence offered difficult to explain away,” Rubio posted on X. “But in America guilt is decided by a jury, not politicians in fear of their party losing a Senate seat.”

Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, faces federal corruption charges and was indicted last week, with federal prosecutors alleging he aided figures in the Egyptian government in exchange for cash.

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