Top Ranking Democrat Won’t Call for Menendez to Resign Amid Bribery Charges

Sen. Dick Durbin said bribery charges against Sen. Bob Menendez are ’very serious,‘ but that the indictments against Trump are ’equally serious charges.’

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) walks to a closed-door, classified briefing for Senators at U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on February 14, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday said the recent charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) “very serious,” but he won’t call his Democratic colleague to resign.

Mr. Menendez was indicted along with his wife on Sept. 22. The charges against them, filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, include conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.