Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for trading bribes for political favors.

Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to sentence the former Democratic senator from New Jersey to 15 years in prison.

Menendez was sentenced along with two co-conspirators for trading his political influence for gold bars and other goods.

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 ...

Disgraced ex-Sen. Bob Menendez will spend the next 11 years in prison following his sentencing on corruption charges ...

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday on 16 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.

Menendez had been convicted of accepting bribes of gold bars and cash while representing New Jersey in the Senate.

Thank you. Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez called his trial a “political witch hunt” and claimed he was innocent.CreditCredit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times By Tracey Tully and ...

Disgraced former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — who’s reportedly seeking a pardon from President Trump after selling out his office for gold bar bribes — lost his bid for a new trial Wednesday.

He was convicted of abusing the power of his office in exchange for bribes. A federal judge sentenced a tearful Bob Menendez to 11 years in prison Wednesday after the former U.S. senator was ...

Former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty on 16 counts ...