Prosecutors Seek 15 Years In Prison For Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez After Bribery Conviction
January 10, 2025 4:42PM CST
FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive for the State Dinner with President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, June 22, 2023, in Washington. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife were indicted Friday, Sept. 22, on bribery charges. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years after the Democrat became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first public official to be convicted of serving as a foreign agent.
Prosecutors called for the lengthy prison term for the 71-year-old New Jersey Democrat in papers filed in Manhattan federal court late Thursday.
Menendez was convicted in July of 16 corruption charges.
When he was charged in fall 2023, Menendez was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He was forced out of that position and gave up his Senate seat in August.
