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- Fellow Democrats have yet to come to Sen. Bob Menendez's side in the wake of a stunning indictment.
- When Menendez faced similar corruption charges in 2015, his party was quick to rally around him.
- Federal prosecutors allege that this time he accepted bribes to secretly benefit the Egyptian government.
Update: After this story was published, New Jersey Democrats broke their silence virtually en masse, calling for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez to step down after he was federally indicted for an alleged bribery scheme. Gov. Phil Murphy led the calls for the state's senior senator to step down.
"The alleged facts are so serious that they compromise the ability of Senator Menendez to effectively represent the people of our state," Murphy said in a statement. "Therefore, I am calling for his immediate resignation."