Since news broke of the indictment against Senator Menendez I have searched to find the right words. I am shocked. I am saddened. I am outraged. It seems that every day - or at least once a week - Americans learn of another indictment of a public official whether it is a former President or sitting member of Congress or a sitting US Senator. It seems every week we see another example of a sitting Supreme Court justice smugly ignoring legal and ethical obligations knowing there is virtually no repercussions. Americans see that even one Senator can jeopardize national security and disrupt the lives of thousands of military families - for months on end - simply as means of scoring political points. They see that extremists in Congress can potentially shut down the US government, causing chaos in the recovering US economy that will adversely impact so many in and out of government, again to just score political points. It is no wonder that Americans on both sides of the political aisle have so little respect for our political parties and our institutions of government. The indictment against Senator Menendez is stunning in its detail of corruption. That said, under our rule of law he is entitled to a presumption of innocence and his guilt or innocence will be left for a jury, as it should be. And just as it should be for Donald Trump. But like I have said about the Trump indictments, the facts as stated against Senator Menendez are damning. So for me, the right words in this situation are simply this: For the sake of the people of New Jersey, for the sake of our Republic, for the sake of the Senate itself, Senator Menendez should resign his seat.

Sen. Menendez says at press conference implies cash seized at his home was withdrawn over 30 years "from my personal savings account, which I have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba."

Sen. Menendez says at press conference implies cash seized at his home was withdrawn over 30 years "from my personal savings account, which I have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba."

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Does not seem tenable for Menendez to retain his committee assignments. You can't face allegations of providing sensitive info to a foreign government and be the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations committee