MSNBC host Alicia Menendez addressed on television Saturday evening the scandal that her father, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), is facing after being indicted earlier this month on federal corruption charges.

The federal indictment against Bob Menendez and his wife was unsealed last week and accused the senator and his wife of accepting bribes from three business people in exchange for actions that he took as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to the DOJ, the bribes — which included hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars, a luxury car, and more — were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt.

Bob Menendez faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted of the charges, which include conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.

Alicia Menendez said on her show, “American Voices with Alicia Menendez,” which has been on MSNBC for three years, that she will not be reporting on the case.

“Hey everyone, I’m Alicia Menendez. Welcome to American Voices,” she began. “We have a lot to get to tonight, but I want to begin on a personal note.”

“Last week, a grand jury indicted U.S. Senator Bob Menendez,” she continued. “This past week, dozens of members of his own party have demanded his resignation. I have been watching, along with all of you, as a citizen and also as his daughter. I will not be reporting on the legal case.”

“That said, my colleagues across MSNBC and NBC News, they have aggressively covered the story, and they’ll continue to do so, as they should,” she concluded on the matter.

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MSNBC's @AliciaMenendez on how she'll handle the coverage of her father Senator Bob Menendez's indictment.

Exactly how it should be handled…and something that Chris Cuomo should learn from but won't.

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The Senate passed a bill late Saturday night to keep the U.S. government open and running through mid-November.

The bill was passed 88-9 with Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Braun (R-IN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Mike Lee (R-UT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Rand Paul (R-KY), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and J.D. Vance (R-OH) voting “no.”

The Senate passed the bill after the House passed the bill earlier in the day with 335 votes — 209 Democrats and 126 Republicans.

The funding includes $16 billion in “disaster relief funds, an extension of a federal flood insurance program and FAA reauthorization — but no Ukraine aid,” The Washington Post reported.

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The passage of the bill came just hours before the U.S. government was set to shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday.

After voting “no” on the bill, Paul said, “When I said I’d do everything I could to stop the U.S. government from being held hostage to Ukraine, I meant it.”

“We cannot continue to put the needs of other countries above our own,” he said. “We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the U.S. economy. I’m grateful to all Members of Congress who stood with me, but the battle to fund our government isn’t over yet – the forever-war crowd will return.”

President Joe Biden released a statement following the bill’s passage praising both parties for being able to work together to avert a shutdown.

“Tonight, bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voted to keep the government open, preventing an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hardworking Americans,” he said. “This bill ensures that active-duty troops will continue to get paid, travelers will be spared airport delays, millions of women and children will continue to have access to vital nutrition assistance, and so much more. This is good news for the American people.”

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