US Senator Bob Menendez has temporarily stepped down as chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
He and his wife have been accused of taking bribes and trying to influence foreign policy to help the Egyptian government. Members of his Democratic Party have demanded his resignation.

Al Jazeera’s Heidi Jo-Castro has more from Washington, DC.

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