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Sen. John Fetterman on Thursday called on the Senate to expel Sen. Bob Menendez after the latter was hit with additional federal charges that accuse him of being a foreign agent.
More than half of Senate Democrats have called on Menendez to resign, though Fetterman is the first member to come out in favor of expulsion. It remains to be seen if the latest set of charges prompt those who had previously demurred to back the resignation calls, or if any members already calling for Menendez to step aside will come out in favor of expulsion.
Federal prosecutors have accused Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, of illegally using the senator’s position as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to peddle influence with donors and benefit the Egyptian government in exchange for cash, gold bars, and other valuables.
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