As the number of lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle calling for Bob Menendez to resign grows amid his indictment on federal bribery charges, the senior senator from New Jersey just lost the support from one of his closest allies in congress.
and facing calls from political party allies to resign, New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is also being investigated by the federal authorities to see what role foreign intelligence agencies might have played in trying to get information from the senator and his wife, News 4 has learned.
"Senator Menendez's chairmanship of foreign relations puts him in a bull's eye position for foreign intelligence services that are looking to have him make decisions in their favor, including military equipment and materiel decisions on funding," Former FBI Counterintelligence Chief Frank Figliuzzi said.Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox.
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