Former Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of bribery and corruption charges related to a scheme where he used his political power to benefit Egyptian and Qatari officials in exchange for gold bars, a luxury car, and other benefits.
Former Sen. Bob Menendez , D-N.J., was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday, after being convicted of crimes including bribery and corruption due to a wide-ranging scheme in which he used his political power to benefit Egyptian and Qatari officials in exchange for gold bars, a luxury car and more., following a sentencing hearing at a federal courthouse in New York—telling the 71-year-old senator, “Somewhere along the way, you became, I’m sorry to say, a corrupt politician.
He faced a potential maximum sentence of between 24 and 30 years in prison and the U.S. Probation Office recommended a 12-year prison sentence, according to court filings, but federal prosecutorsa higher 15-year sentence, arguing Menendez’s “conduct may be the most serious for which a U.S. Senator has been convicted in the history of the Republic.
Stein rejected Menendez’s pleas for leniency at Wednesday’s sentencing, suggesting the ex-senator was motivated by “greed” and “hubris” andMenendez is required to report to the Bureau of Prisons to begin his sentence by June 6, Stein said Wednesday, multipleby the Associated Press. ”Somewhere along the way, and I don’t know when it was, you lost your way and working for the public good became working for your good.
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