Ex-senator Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery conviction
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Democrat from New Jersey was found guilty in July on 16 charges including bribery and fraud
The Democratic former US senator Bob Menendez was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to 11 years in prison over his 2024 conviction for taking bribes, including receiving gold bars in exchange for doing favors for Egypt and for New Jersey businessmen.
Last year he also became the first former senator to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent.
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