Mr. Menendez, a powerful longtime senator from New Jersey, was convicted last year on federal bribery and corruption charges.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt -- crimes his own lawyer said earned him the nickname “Gold Bar Bob.”

Menendez (D-Egypt) landed in it after investigators got a load of the stolen gold bars in his house and the cash hidden inside clothes there.

Menendez was convicted last year of 16 felony counts for a long-running corruption scheme.

A judge sentenced a powerful former US senator to 11 years in prison Wednesday, after he was convicted of corruption following the discovery of gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash at his home.

Former US senator Robert Menendez, 71, was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for corruption after gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were found at his home. He was also convicted…

Former Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison for taking bribes including gold bars in exchange for favors for Egypt and New Jersey businessmen.

The Democrat who was convicted of multiple charges including acting as an agent for Egypt.

Former United States Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes, including gold bars, in return for political favours for Egyptian and New Jersey...

Nevertheless, we should not forget Menendez’s loyalty to Israel, which drove him to challenge President Barack Obama.

Bob Menendez, the former Democratic senator from New Jersey, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty on corruption charges.

His wife faces a March trial on many of the same charges as her husband

Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison for taking bribes including gold bars in exchange for favors for Egypt and New Jersey businessmen. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein imposed the sentence at a hearing in Manhattan federal court, following Menendez's conviction last July.…

A judge sentenced ex-New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Wednesday to 11 years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme that saw him accepting gold bars and cash in exchange for his influence.

The former New Jersey senator was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of bribery and corruption.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty on 16 counts in the corruption trial connected with acting as a foreign agent.