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.

(AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File) Fred Daibes, a New Jersey businessmen convicted of paying bribes to former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, arrives to federal court, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in New York.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez faces the likelihood of a long prison term when he is sentenced Wednesday for taking bribes of ...

Fred Daibes received seven years in prison, as well as a $1.75 million fine for his role in the corruption case.

Historic conviction makes Menendez the first U.S. senator found guilty of acting as a foreign agent, as court hands down ...

While reporters waited outside the Manhattan courthouse waiting for word on ex-Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-conspirators' fate, across the river in New Jersey another sentencing took place with no ...

Former Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-defendants have vowed to appeal their sentences and hope to remain out of prison during ...

Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in federal prison, and his co-defendants, Edgewater developer Fred Daibes and Egyptian American businessman Wael Hana, were sentenced respectively to ...

Menendez was sentenced along with two co-conspirators for trading his political influence for gold bars and other goods.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to all of the charges against him and has vowed to appeal the conviction and ...

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