As reported earlier, former Democrat Senator Bob Menendez, 71, sobbed in courtroom as he was sentenced to 11 years in jail for bribery and corruption.
A tearful Menendez sobbed as he begged SDNY Decide Sidney Stein to have mercy on him.
The choose confirmed no mercy to “Gold Bar Bob” and sentenced him to 11 years.
Decide Stein: Virtually half 1,000,000 {dollars} in your home, money stuffed in sneakers, gold bars… Hubris, you’ll should determine it out your self. Basic deterrence is essential. The sentence I intend to impose is 11 years
— Interior Metropolis Press (@innercitypress) January 29, 2025
Final summer time a jury convicted Senator Bob Menendez on all bribery and corruption expenses.
The jury returned the decision following a 9-week trial. Menendez didn’t testify.
In October 2023 Bob Menendez was charged with performing as a international agent in a superseding indictment.
The indictment filed by a federal grand jury in Manhattan claims Menendez “offered delicate U.S. Authorities data and took different steps that secretly aided the Authorities of Egypt.”
Menendez was beforehand hit with a second superseding indictment for praising Qatar in trade for luxurious watches.
Bob Menendez and his spouse Nadine Menendez had been charged with obstruction of justice in an 18-count indictment.
Particular brokers found $500,000 of money stuffed into envelopes in closets. “A number of the money was stuffed within the Senator’s jacket pockets. Menendez’s spouse Nadine Menendez was given a “no-show” or “low-show” job, a Mercedes Benz and different issues of worth, US Lawyer Damian Williams mentioned final yr.
The choose instructed Menendez that the jury was proper to convict him.
Following his brutal sentencing, Menendez surprised reporters as he praised President Trump.
“President Trump was proper. This course of is political, and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system,” Menendez mentioned.
That is wealthy coming from Menendez after he voted to convict President Trump through the rip-off impeachments.
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Some gorgeous remarks from Menendez exterior courtroom: “President Trump was proper. This course of is political, and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.” pic.twitter.com/woFgHgFGqM
— Molly Crane-Newman (@molcranenewman) January 29, 2025
