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Bob Menendez: Born to run under indictment?

Political Theater, Episode 301

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is facing calls for his resignation as he fights federal corruption charges. Political Theater discusses his rise in politics, previous cases against him and the current predicament he is in. And pork rolls v. Taylor Ham.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is facing calls for his resignation as he fights federal corruption charges. Political Theater discusses his rise in politics, previous cases against him and the current predicament he is in. And pork rolls v. Taylor Ham. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Sen. Bob Menendez is a New Jersey institution, and in a familiar place: running for election while fighting federal corruption charges. He has always come out on top before, but times have changed, and his Democratic colleagues are pressuring him to resign. How did Menendez get to where he is, and what are his options? Roll Call Politics Editor Herb Jackson, a man of New Jersey, walks us through it all. 

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