Embattled New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez [D-NJ] says he’ll resign his seat next month. Pressure was mounting on the New Jersey Democrat to depart the chamber voluntarily, after he was convicted last week on bribery and other charges. The 70-year old Menendez—who now faces potentially decades in prison—said after his trial-quote-““I have never been anything but a patriot of my country and for my country. I have never, ever been a foreign agent.”.  His resignation becomes effective on August 20th., but he still vows to appeal his conviction.