Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Friday that he was “not surprised” by the House’s vote to impeach former Rep. George Santos (R-NY), but was more concerned with the corruption allegations against Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ).
“We have colleagues in the Senate who are actually doing much more sinister and serious things,” the 54-year-old said during an appearance on “The View.”
“Senator Menendez, he needs to go,” added Fetterman, “and if you’re going to fire Santos, how can you allow someone like Menendez to stay in the Senate?”
Fetterman argued that while Santos’ list of lies is “almost comical,” the allegations against Menendez make him question the New Jersey Democrat’s loyalty to America.
“If you’re going to fire Santos, how can you allow someone like Menendez to stay in the Senate?” Fetterman said during an appearance on “The View.” REUTERS Menendez was indicted on bribery and corruption charges in September. Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/Shutterstock
“Menendez, I think, is really a senator for Egypt, you know, not New Jersey. So I really think he needs to go and especially it’s kind of weird if Santos isn’t allowed to stay in the House, you know, someone like that [is],” he said.
Menendez, 69, his second wife, the former Nadine Arslanian, and three of his associates were indicted in September on charges of bribery and conspiracy to act as foreign agents for Egypt. All five of them denied all the charges.
Federal agents found three kilos of gold bars and nearly $500,000 in cash, some stuffed in Menendez’s jacket pocket, during a June 2022 raid at his home in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, which authorities said was a bribe.
Fetterman argued that the allegations against Menendez were more “vicious” than those against Santos. JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Menendez stepped down from his post as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after the impeachment but refused to resign from the upper house and did not rule out running for re-election next year.
Fetterman, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and dozens of other Democrats in Congress have called on Menendez to give up his seat in the Senate.
Son of Garden State Senator, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), who voted to fire Santos on Friday, joined all but seven House Democrats in supporting the resolution put forward by Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) and House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) earlier this month.
Santos, the sixth member ever to be expelled from the House, faces 23 federal charges for allegedly laundering his campaign money and defrauding donors. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and will go on trial in September next year.
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