Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman on Saturday joined a growing list of Democrats calling on Sen. Bob Menendez to step down in the wake of federal corruption charges filed against him and his wife.

“Sen. Menendez should resign,” Fetterman said in a statement. “He’s entitled to the presumption of innocence under our system, but he is not entitled to continue to wield influence over national policy, especially given the serious and specific nature of the allegations. I hope he chooses an honorable exit and focuses on his trial.”

Senator Menendez should resign.

He’s entitled to the presumption of innocence, but he cannot continue to wield influence over national policy, especially given the serious and specific nature of the allegations.

I hope he chooses an honorable exit and focuses on his trial.

— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) September 23, 2023

Menenedez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, are accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes—including “cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, [and] a luxury vehicle”—from businessmen in exchange for influence.

The indictment also alleges that Menendez—who until he stepped down from the position on Friday chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—”provided sensitive U.S. government information and took other steps that secretly aided the government of Egypt.”

Dismissing calls for his resignation, Menendez said he is “not going anywhere.”

“Those who believe in justice believe in innocence until proven guilty,” the senator said in a statement late Friday. “I intend to continue to fight for the people of New Jersey with the same success I’ve had for the past five decades. This is the same record of success these very same leaders have lauded all along.”

“It is not lost on me how quickly some are rushing to judge a Latino and push him out of his seat,” he added.

This is a sad day for our great state. The senator deserves his day in court. But given the gravity of these charges I do not believe that Senator Menendez can continue to carry out the important duties of his office for our state.

— Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BillPascrell) September 22, 2023

Fetterman joins a growing list of Democrats calling on Menendez to resign. These include New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Reps. Jeff Jackson (N.C.), Dean Phillips (Minn.), Josh Gottheimer (N.J.), Tom Malinowski (N.J.), Frank Pallone (N.J.), Mikie Sherill (N.J.), Bill Pascrell (N.J.), and Andy Kim (N.J.).

On Saturday, Kim said he would run for Menendez’s Senate seat amid the senator’s refusal to resign.

“I feel compelled to run against him. Not something I expected to do, but N.J. deserves better,” Kim wrote in a fundraising pitch on social media. “We cannot jeopardize the Senate or compromise our integrity.”

It’s not just Democrats urging Menendez to step down. The New Jersey Working Families Party issued a statement Friday calling the allegations against the senator “alarming” and asserting that Democratic Party leaders “are doing the right thing in calling for his resignation.”

STATEMENT: Sen. Menendez should resign now.

"Senator Menendez is entitled to due process of law, but he is not entitled to a Senate seat."

Full statement from our interim State Director Antoinette Miles (@heytonimichelle).⬇️ pic.twitter.com/h7EYBZe4X0

— NJ Working Families Party (@NJWFP) September 22, 2023

This is the second time Menendez has faced corruption charges in the last decade. He was indicted in 2015 for allegedly receiving gifts and $660,000 in campaign contributions from a Florida eye doctor; the case ended in a mistrial in 2017. The U.S. Justice Department subsequently declined to retry him.