Whatever happened to “innocent until proven guilty”?
Toughing it out, as Menendez seems intent on doing, forces insiders and voters to make hard choices.
Democrats who worry about the effect Menendez’s indictment might have on their 2024 hopes should rest easy. Republicans would certainly make the charges a talking point if he runs for reelection, but there’s little proof that a senator’s indictment effects voters’ decisions in other races. Virginia Gov.
the subject of criminal investigations, including one that led to an indictment in 2017. A jury voted 10-2 for acquittal then, and prosecutors chose not to retry the case. Tellingly, Menendez won reelection in 2018 by a comfortable 11 points. Public office is a public trust, and it should be up voters to decide whether that trust has been broken. Absent a felony conviction that is upheld on appeal, politicians subject to indictment who maintain their innocence should resist calls to resign. Let the justice system play out as it’s supposed to.
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