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.
This is Claude Vecksler, a Jewish boy from Paris.
He was murdered in a gas chamber at #Auschwitz II-Birkenau on 25 September 1942. He was 11 months old.
17 September 1943 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Gyurika Fried, was born in Nagyvarad
In May 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
BREAKING: Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis The two front-runners for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination are now facing the real possibility of being in prison before the 2024 election
The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.
Today we recognize & celebrate #WomensEqualityDay. But it’s also a reminder that 102 years after winning the right to vote, women have to fight for their right to make medical decisions.
We vote in 74 days. Freedom is on the ballot and after 102 years, women will save the union.