Ex-Senator Menendez Gets 11 Years for Gold Bar Bribe Scheme (2)

Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for acting as a foreign agent of Egypt and accepting gold bars and other bribes in what prosecutors said was perhaps the worst corruption case ever involving a US senator.

US District Judge Sidney Stein imposed the sentence on Menendez, 71, saying the New Jersey Democrat was motivated by greed and hubris after a half-century as an elected official. Menendez was convicted after a nine-week trial where prosecutors said he sold his influence to two corrupt businessmen, who received prison terms of seven and eight years earlier Wednesday.

Former Senator Robert Menendez arrives at federal court in New York, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg

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