Schumer dodges whether Bob Menendez should be expelled from Senate if convicted

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) refused to say Wednesday whether he would move to boot one of his own from the chamber should Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) be handed down a guilty verdict in his public corruption criminal trial.

“He’s on trial,” Schumer responded to reporters. “So I’m not going to comment.”

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