Booker stressed their strong relationship and and Menendez's 'extraordinary work and boundless work ethic,' even as he said the senior senator should step aside.
“Sen. Menendez fiercely asserts his innocence and it is therefore understandable that he believes stepping down is patently unfair. But I believe this is a mistake,” Booker said in Tuesday’s statement. “Stepping down is not an admission of guilt but an acknowledgment that holding public office often demands tremendous sacrifices at great personal cost. Senator Menendez has made these sacrifices in the past to serve. And in this case he must do so again.
Booker also praised the senior senator, saying he’d witnessed “his extraordinary work and boundless work ethic.” He described Menendez as “intellectually gifted, tough, passionate and deeply empathic,” and said they’d worked well together to benefit New Jerseyans.. Menendez, his wife and three businessmen will be arraigned in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday morning. In a June 2022 raid on the Menendez home, prosecutors say the FBI found $480,000 in cash stuffed in envelopes and hidden around the house. There were also bars of gold and a Mercedes Benz convertible tied to the businessmen.
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