Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday called on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to resign just minutes after the New Jersey Democrat was found guilty by a jury in New York of acting as a foreign agent as part of a yearslong bribery and conspiracy scheme.

“In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign,” Schumer said in a statement.

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