A federal judge will sentence former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday for selling his office — an extraordinary fall even for a politician from a state as notoriously transactional as New Jersey.

Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives to federal court , Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson ... the FBI searched Menendez’s Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey home, they found ...

In this Oct. 23, 2023, file photo, Sen. Bob Menendez arrives at Manhattan ... were found on the envelopes of cash found at Menendez's home and serial numbers on the gold bars traced them to ...

PHOTOS: Ex-New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison ... during a 2022 raid on the Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home he shared with his wife, Nadine. FBI agents who searched ...

Bob Menendez was ... in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) They were sentenced Wednesday to eight years and a month and seven years, respectively. Menendez’s wife, Nadine Menendez ...

The judge overseeing Menendez's case said a lengthy sentence was warranted to serve as both punishment and a deterrent to others.

(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives to federal ... lucrative gifts found during a 2022 raid on his home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Menendez fought through tears ... after gold bars and cash were found in his home by the FBI. Prosecutors requested a 15-year prison ...

Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves Manhattan federal court, May, 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah ... gifts found during a 2022 raid on his home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday ... on the Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home he shared with his wife, Nadine.