John Fetterman Expresses Disgust with Senate Colleagues for Letting ‘Sleazeball’ Menendez Stay Amid Foreign Bribery Scandal

RAJU Thanks for that ░░░░░░░░ My great panel is ░░░░░░░░ Now look all of ░░░░░░░░ is happening he s ░░░░░░░░ a member of the ░░░░░░░░ caucus he still gets ░░░░░░░░ briefings I ve asked ░░░░░░░░ about that multiple times ░░░░░░░░ said that it s ░░░░░░░░ right as a senator ░░░░░░░░ do so And he ░░░░░░░░ faced resignation calls from ░░░░░░░░ of the Democratic caucus ░░░░░░░░ one of the most ░░░░░░░░ members of the Democratic ░░░░░░░░ John Fetterman who I ░░░░░░░░ up with last week ░░░░░░░░ Menendez Clip starts Fetterman ░░░░░░░░ it s been clear ░░░░░░░░ my colleagues they want ░░░░░░░░ keep him around and ░░░░░░░░ we have his trial ░░░░░░░░ less than two months ░░░░░░░░ that s going to ░░░░░░░░ it RAJU What does ░░░░░░░░ say about this institution ░░░░░░░░ he s still serving ░░░░░░░░ here Fetterman I don ░░░░░░░░ know what it says ░░░░░░░░ than that they re ░░░░░░░░ okay with having a ░░░░░░░░ in the Senate Clip ░░░░░░░░ RAJU Now Chuck Schumer ░░░░░░░░ Senate Majority Leader we ░░░░░░░░ asked him repeatedly including ░░░░░░░░ week why not why ░░░░░░░░ this okay with you ░░░░░░░░ he would say he ░░░░░░░░ I m deeply disappointed ░░░░░░░░ his conduct and nothing ░░░░░░░░ Why hasn t Schumer ░░░░░░░░ as far as the ░░░░░░░░ of his colleagues have ░░░░░░░░ trying to at least ░░░░░░░░ on him to resign ░░░░░░░░ Well traditionally members who ░░░░░░░░ indicted criminal charges they ░░░░░░░░ the House particularly they ░░░░░░░░ committee assignments he hasn ░░░░░░░░ lost those here but ░░░░░░░░ can remain members And ░░░░░░░░ course Menendez went through ░░░░░░░░ before and he ended ░░░░░░░░ being acquitted He got ░░░░░░░░ job back he got ░░░░░░░░ post back on Foreign ░░░░░░░░ RAJU Much different case ░░░░░░░░ A much different case ░░░░░░░░ he rolled right allegedly ░░░░░░░░ you re the government ░░░░░░░░ Justice Department he rolled ░░░░░░░░ from that into this ░░░░░░░░ corruption scheme Now like ░░░░░░░░ got beat up over ░░░░░░░░ last week reporters were ░░░░░░░░ him He s not ░░░░░░░░ on Foreign Relations on ░░░░░░░░ national security task force ░░░░░░░░ is kind of you ░░░░░░░░ why is he doing ░░░░░░░░ RAJU Yeah Schumer BRESNAHAN ░░░░░░░░ I mean look he ░░░░░░░░ the right to go ░░░░░░░░ front of a jury ░░░░░░░░ present his case you ░░░░░░░░ But there is pressure ░░░░░░░░ have him resign but ░░░░░░░░ leadership is never going ░░░░░░░░ do they re never ░░░░░░░░ to Schumer is never ░░░░░░░░ to do it.”