Menendez to report to prison for 11-year term for corruption

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is scheduled to study to national situation connected Tuesday for an 11-year condemnation aft being convicted for a bribery and corruption strategy that adjacent his lawyer admitted earned him the nickname "Gold Bar Bob." 

Though helium maintains his innocence, Menendez was convicted connected each 16 counts past July. At trial, national prosecutors argued that the longtime legislator accepted bribes of golden bars, hundreds of thousands successful currency and different luxury items from 3 New Jersey businessmen successful speech for favors that benefited the trio, arsenic good arsenic the governments of Egypt and Qatar.  

Menendez, 71, spent the past time earlier reporting to the national situation successful eastbound Pennsylvania with his wife, Nadine, who was besides convicted successful the bribery strategy and is acceptable to beryllium sentenced successful September. The mates were spotted unneurotic Monday walking into a recognition national successful Englewood Cliffs, N.J., according to photos obtained by the New York Post. 

DISGRACED EX-SEN. BOB MENENDEZ SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN BRIBERY CASE

Former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks to reporters extracurricular national tribunal successful New York, Jan. 29, 2025.  (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

In tribunal papers past month, Menendez's lawyers revealed that helium is expected to beryllium housed astatine a installation successful eastbound Pennsylvania that has some a medium-security situation and a minimum-security situation camp. Given the white-collar quality of his crimes, it is apt helium volition extremity up successful the camp, according to the Associated Press. 

The prison, the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, is astir 118 miles westbound of New York City. It is location to astir 1,200 inmates, including ex-New York City organized transgression brag James Coonan and erstwhile state presumption proprietor Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa, whom the New York Post dubbed "Gas-Station Gotti" for his ruthless, convulsive ways.

Last week, a national appeals tribunal rejected Menendez's last-ditch effort to stay escaped connected bail portion helium fights to get his bribery condemnation overturned. A three-judge sheet connected the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied his bail motion.

Pleading for leniency, Menendez told a justice astatine his sentencing successful January: "I americium acold from a cleanable man. I person made much than my stock of mistakes and atrocious decisions. I’ve done acold much bully than bad."

Menendez appeared to notation Republican President Donald Trump’s claims of a weaponized justness strategy erstwhile speaking to media aft that hearing.

"This process is political, and it’s corrupted to the core. I anticipation President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system," Menendez told reporters astatine the time. 

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his woman Nadine Menendez get astatine a Manhattan tribunal for an arraignment connected caller charges successful the national bribery lawsuit against them connected March 11, 2024, successful New York City.  ((Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images))

DEMOCRATIC SEN. BOB MENENDEZ GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES IN FEDERAL CORRUPTION TRIAL

At his January sentencing, Menendez’s lawyers described however the lad of Cuban immigrants emerged from poorness to go "the epitome of the American Dream" — rising from politician of Union City, New Jersey, to decades successful Congress — earlier his condemnation "rendered him a nationalist punchline."

"Despite his decades of service, helium is present known much wide arsenic Gold Bar Bob," defence lawyer Adam Fee told the judge.

Menendez, who erstwhile served arsenic seat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, resigned his spot a period aft his conviction. He had been successful the Senate since 2006.

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., earned the nickname "Gold Bar Bob." (Getty Images/Department of Justice)

In a 2022 raid of Menendez's home, the FBI uncovered astir $480,000 successful currency and golden bars valued astatine astir $150,000 hidden successful clothing, shoes, bags and boxes successful assorted locations. A luxury Mercedes-Benz convertible was besides astatine the house. 

Prosecutors pointed to payments allegedly made done a sham consulting firm and alleged that Menendez utilized his power to assistance Egypt unafraid $300 cardinal successful U.S. subject aid, power U.S. argumentation successful Egypt and Qatar and forestall transgression probes into his associates, Wael Hana, Fred Daibes and Jose Uribe. Uribe testified against his co-defendants. 

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Menendez was convicted of counts including bribery, extortion, ligament fraud, obstruction of justice, acting arsenic a overseas cause for Egypt and aggregate conspiracy charges. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.