Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

Influential U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has announced his resignation after being convicted for bribery and serving as a foreign agent.The New Jersey Democrat, once head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had been convicted on all 16 counts of bribery on July 16, including accepting gold bars and helping the Egyptian and Qatari governments.Mr. Menendez resigned on July 23, after the Senate Ethi