Government Accountability

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, who serves alongside Menendez in representing New Jersey, joined the chorus of calls on Tuesday.

The three-term Senator denied the allegations and said the facts of the case will exonerate him.

In recent weeks, a growing chorus of legal scholars and voters' rights groups have argued that the clause should disqualify Trump from the ballot.

With South Jersey Congressman Andy Kim proclaiming that he is running for Senate, Bob Menendez will have a “top tier candidate” in the 2024 primary.

Kim was first elected to Congress in 2018 and is the first Asian American elected to federal office from New Jersey.

The indictment says Menendez pestered the U.S. attorney for New Jersey and another top federal prosecutor about a bank fraud case involving his friend, developer Fred Daibes.

Using his position, Sen. Bob Menendez took steps to secretly aid the government of Egypt in exchange for bribes, the indictment says.

The first time Menendez was indicted, authorities said he used his political influence to help a Florida eye doctor who gave him lavish gifts and campaign contributions.

Federal prosecutors accuse Menendez of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars and “a lot of gold” in exchange for using his influence.

Menendez appears to be the first sitting senator in U.S. history to have been indicted on two unrelated criminal allegations.

On Thursday, Bilal said her office submitted a 159-page response regarding the guns on June 8 that included details of her office’s investigation.

The review comes after the botched response to a 911 call about the first victim in July’s mass shooting in Kingsessing.

Garland's appearance comes at an unprecedented moment in the Justice Department’s history.

Lawmakers and public officials can start lobbying their ex-colleagues within a year. A new bill would add another year to that ban.

White House spokesman Ian Sams dismissed the hearing as a distraction from ongoing divisions among House Republicans.