Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez faces a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted on 16 corruption charges. Prosecutors allege that Menendez accepted bribes in the form of gold bars and cash from three businessmen in exchange for using his influence to protect their interests.
NEW YORK - Prosecutors are seeking a lengthy prison term for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. Back in July, Menendez was convicted on 16 corruption charges. Evidence in the case included gold bars and $480,000 in cash found in his residence in a 2022 FBI raid. Prosecutors alleged it was the result of bribes paid by three New Jersey businessmen who wanted the senator to use his power to protect their interests and make them money.
'The defendants' crimes amount to an extraordinary attempt, at the highest levels of the Legislative Branch, to corrupt the nation's core sovereign powers over foreign relations and law enforcement,' prosecutors wrote.'He corruptly promised to influence foreign relations, including attempting to pressure a federal agency engaged in diplomatic attempts to protect U.S. businesses from an extractive monopoly granted by a foreign nation to one of his coconspirators.
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