Sen. Robert Menendez has lost the trust of the public and must resign now.

Sen. Robert Menendez has been indicted for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and using his position to enrich and protect three businessmen and the state of Egypt. He must go. [Democracy for America Advocacy Fund](#) {NAME}, The allegations, based on an FBI investigation and detailed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York, are shocking in their scope and specificity. The grand jury indictment charges that, over several years, Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife receivedhundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, including cash, gold bars, furniture, mortgage payments, and even a Mercedes Benz, in exchange for preferential treatment for three New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian government -- which, as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Senator was well positioned to obtain. Sen. Menendez may be legally innocent unless and until proven guilty, but a Senator must earn the respect and trust of their constituents, and these allegations are so detailed and so far reaching that the public cannot in good conscience maintain any trust in the Senator. [Sign the petition today to demand that Sen. Robert Menendez must resign immediately. The Senator’s actions have harmed the interests of those he was sworn to protect. The state of New Jersey, and the nation itself, needs and deserves principled representation in the U.S. Senate.]( [ADD YOUR NAME]( The indictment describes multiple illegal activities Sen. Menendez allegedly performed to benefit his benefactors. These range from pressuring a Department of Agriculture official to preserve an Egyptian business monopoly that paid Menendez’s wife for a no-show job, to disrupting a federal criminal prosecution against one of the men, to recommending the President nominate a U.S. Attorney whom he believed he could influence in the criminal proceedings. Sen. Menendez has stepped down from his Chairmanship for now, “until the matter has been resolved,” but this is not enough. Among those calling for his resignation are New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, most of the New Jersey Democratic congressional delegation, and other prominent Democratic lawmakers including Sen. John Fetterman and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. [Add your name to those calling for Sen. Menendez’ resignation now.]( The U.S. Senate cannot function when its members lose the trust of the public. - Amanda Amanda Ford, Director Democracy for America Advocacy Fund [Power This Campaign]( Democracy for America Advocacy Fund is a 501c4 organization. Contributions to the Democracy for America Advocacy Fund are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. Our mailing address is: PO Box 8521, Essex Junction VT 05451  Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Democracy for America Advocacy Fund, please [click here](.