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Menendez to Report to Prison for Start of 11-Year Corruption Sentence

NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES, JUN 16 – Menendez was convicted of accepting bribes including gold bars and cash to benefit foreign governments and New Jersey businessmen, beginning an 11-year sentence at a Pennsylvania federal prison.

  • Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez began serving an 11-year prison term on Tuesday at a federal facility located in Minersville, Pennsylvania.
  • Menendez was convicted in July of accepting bribes from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt, leading to his resignation last year.
  • His bribery scheme included receiving over $480,000 in cash, $150,000 in gold bars, a luxury car, and favors benefiting foreign governments and local business owners.
  • Menendez maintains his innocence, calling the case politically corrupted and hopes President Trump restores integrity to the system, while his appeals to remain free were denied.
  • Nadine Menendez, his wife and co-defendant, was convicted in April of accepting bribes and faces sentencing on September 11, while the Senate Ethics Committee continues its investigation.
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Former Cuban Democratic senator Robert «Bob» Menéndez, who became one of the most influential politicians in Washington, went to jail on Tuesday to serve an 11-year sentence for corruption and bribery, official sources reported. Son of Cuban immigrants who arrived in the United States before the revolution, the 71-year-old former congressman entered Schuylkill prison in the town of Minersville, Pennsylvania, about 226 kilometers east of New York…

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