Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has said he plans to resign on Tuesday, just over a month after a federal jury found him guilty on charges including bribery and acting as a foreign agent.
The shocking corruption trial capped a long and storied career for Menendez, who started as the mayor of Union City, an enclave of Cuban immigrants in North Jersey, and rose to prominence as the first Latino to chair the influential United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
He is also the first sitting United States senator convicted of bribery in more than 40 years.
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