SUE ALTMAN CALLS FOR EXPULSION OF SEN. MENENDEZ

Altman: “His betrayal of the public trust is almost unfathomable”

Lambertville, NJ – Sue Altman, Democratic candidate for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, released the following statement in response to reporting that Sen. Menendez acted as an unregistered foreign agent:

“This new indictment alleges that Sen. Menendez was acting as an unregistered foreign agent of the Egyptian government while serving as the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His actions may have presented serious national security risks, and coupled together with the sweeping indictment in late September accusing him and his wife of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes, his betrayal of the public trust is almost unfathomable. If Sen. Menendez is not willing to resign, the Senate should take whatever steps are necessary to expel him for the good of our country.”

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About Sue Altman

Sue Altman is a proud daughter of New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. She grew up in Clinton, attended Clinton Public School and Voorhees High School, and still calls Hunterdon County her home today, living in Lambertville.

After leading her Voorhees High School basketball team to local championships, Sue played college basketball at Columbia University and professional basketball abroad, earned two graduate degrees from Oxford University in the UK, then went on to become a teacher and successful basketball coach–leading two teams to state championships.

For the last several years, Sue has served as Executive Director of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance, a non-profit organization focused on fighting political corruption in Trenton, fighting against the waste of taxpayer dollars, and making New Jersey a better place to live for everyone.

Sue has seen firsthand that rising costs and unfair taxes–including the Trump-era SALT deduction cap–are making it harder for the people of the 7th District to raise families, own homes, and retire in their own communities. Driven by a deep commitment to keep fighting for those communities where she was raised, Sue is now taking her years of experience advocating for a fairer system that works for all New Jerseyans and is running for Congress in her home district.