Booker, who serves as New Jersey's junior senator, has worked alongside Menendez for nearly a decade.
After a federal grand jury in New York returned an indictment on Friday, prompting calls for his resignation, United States Sen. Bob Menendez made his first public comments Monday. Jim Dolan has the latest.U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is calling on on embattled U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to resign on Tuesday.
"I've consistently found Senator Menendez to be intellectually gifted, tough, passionate, and deeply empathic," Booker said. "We have developed a working relationship and a friendship that I value and believe has furthered our effectiveness in serving New Jersey. "I've found the allegations hard to reconcile with the person I know," Booker went on to say. "It is not surprising to me that Senator Menendez is again determined to mount a vigorous defense. And I still believe he, like anyone involved with our criminal justice system, deserves our presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
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