Here are all the politicians calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., joined a growing number of lawmakers who are calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign amid federal corruption charges.

Menendez, also a Democrat from New Jersey and the chairman of the powerful U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Committee, was indicted along with his wife on charges they took hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars to furnish favors for New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian government.

Over the weekend, Sen. John Fetterman of neighboring Pennsylvania became the first Senate Democrat to say he should resign. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio — chairman of the Banking Committee, where Menendez chairs a subcommittee — and Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont called on Menendez to leave Congress. Shortly after Booker made his announcement, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a Democrat and a New Jersey native, said he too had reached the same conclusion.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., also said Monday night that Menendez should step aside. Other Democrats calling for his resignation include Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

In New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy has called for Menendez to step down, along with Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill and Congressmen Bill Pascrell, Frank Pallone and Andy Kim. Kim, D-Moorestown, said he intends to challenge the state’s senior senator in next year's primary.

The indictment alleges that between 2018 and 2022, Menendez and his wife bribes in exchange for Menendez using his power and influence to aid the government of Egypt and interfere with law enforcement investigations into the businessmen.

Menendez has stepped down from his role as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as required under his party's Senate rules. He has refused to resign as senator, saying at a press conference Friday that he will fight the charges that he “firmly believes that when all the facts are presented” he will be exonerated.

Some of the lawmakers calling for his resignation stood beside him in 2015, when he was indicted for accepting bribes from a Florida eye doctor in exchange for political favors. That case ended in mistrial.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Senator Menendez should resign over indictment, say these politicians