Menendez, a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate for nearly two decades, was convicted last July on 16 federal felony counts related to a bribery scheme in a trial held in the U.S.

The former U.S. senator from New Jersey was convicted in July of accepting bribes including gold bars, cash, and a Mercedes-Benz.

Federal prosecutors want former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to spend the next 15 years of his life in prison. Is that the right sentence?

Other than family, I have lost everything I ever cared about,” Menendez told the judge. “For someone who spent his entire ...

Bob Menendez and two co-defendants for a new trial after the ... Stein wrote that the defendants — Menendez and New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana and Fred Daibes — had time to object to the evidence ...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez faces the likelihood of a long prison term when he is sentenced Wednesday for taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.

Former New Jersey senator sentenced to 11 years for accepting bribes including gold bars and cash, and acting as a foreign ...

In a landmark ruling that marks the harshest criminal sentence ever handed down to a U.S. senator, former Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday ...

WBGO's David Matthau reports former New Jersey U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison ...

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

Bob Menendez, 71, was found guilty on all 16 counts in his federal trial, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to be ...

Menendez was convicted in a bribery scheme that brought him gold bars, cash, a car and what his lawyer says is a new nickname: "gold bar Bob." ...