Senator Bob Menendez has decided running as a Democrat in New Jersey isn’t worth it. Therefore, he’ll keep his campaign cash while he thinks about running as an Independent.

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey announced on Thursday that he would not run for re-election as a Democrat this year, bowing to intense political pressure and federal charges that place him at the center of an international bribery scheme.

But in a nine-minute video posted on social media, Mr. Menendez, 70, reiterated that he would not resign and left the door open to running as a political independent if he is exonerated at a trial scheduled for May.

“I am hopeful that my exoneration will take place this summer and allow me to pursue my candidacy as an independent Democrat in the general election,” he said.

This is Bob Menendez, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey, who has faced corruption charges before. Such as those leveled against him in 2015. Corruption that included taking donor money and also there were supposed ties to prostitution rings. Interestingly, Menendez was charged that year, but Lois Lerner (remember her – WE DO) got away scot free.