Bob Menendez steps down as US Senate foreign relations chairman after indictment
A veteran US senator has temporarily stepped down as head of the chamber's powerful foreign relations committee as he battles bribery charges./ Justice department prosecutors allege Robert Menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for aid to Egypt's government./ The embattled senator has rejected calls from fellow Democrats back in his home state of New Jersey to resign his seat./ Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday that Mr Menendez had decided to step down as chairman of the influential ...
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