{"id":2824,"date":"2025-01-29T20:50:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/former-new-jersey-sen-bob-menendez-sentenced-to-11-years-in-federal-bribery-and-corruption-case\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T20:50:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:50:28","slug":"former-new-jersey-sen-bob-menendez-sentenced-to-11-years-in-federal-bribery-and-corruption-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/former-new-jersey-sen-bob-menendez-sentenced-to-11-years-in-federal-bribery-and-corruption-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Former New Jersey Sen. 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Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday afternoon in a Lower Manhattan court.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez, 71, was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bob-menendez-trial-bribery-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">convicted last July<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bob-menendez-verdict-bribery-trial-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">16 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and obstruction of justice<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/prosecutors-seek-15-years-in-prison-for-bob-menendez\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">had been calling for Menendez to serve 15 years<\/a><\/span>, citing &#8220;the seriousness of the defendants&#8217; crimes, the immeasurable harm they have caused to the public trust, and the need to deter others from engaging in such egregious abuses of power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The defense had said Menendez should&#8217;ve received less than two years in prison, saying their client suffered financial and professional ruin and deserved mercy because of his age.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein sided more with the government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what led you to commit these crimes. Greed was certainly part of it. We&#8217;re talking about almost half a million in cash and gold bars, a Mercedes,&#8221; Stein said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that explains all of it, though. You&#8217;ll have to figure it out over time. People are complicated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to learning his fate, sources close to the former senator told CBS News New York he had been praying a lot and spending time with his son, daughter and grandchildren.  When addressed the judge during sentencing, Menendez got emotional, saying the trial ripped apart his work and what he stands for, and harmed his family and the community he represented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have before you a chastened man,&#8221; Menendez said. &#8220;You really don&#8217;t know the man you are about to sentence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Menendez spoke of his upbringing, how he was the first in his family to go to college and law school, and listed several things he did for members of the community. He said of the things disclosed about him at trial, &#8220;none of it gets close to who I am. I dedicated my entire life to the service of others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Menendez, who had served as a U.S. senator since 2006,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/sen-bob-menendez-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">resigned last August<\/a><\/span>. His seat was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/andy-kim-new-jersey-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">filled by Andy Kim<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Menendez acted as foreign agent for Egypt, prosecutors say<\/h2>\n<p>Federal prosecutors say Menendez\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bob-menendez-trial-bribery-closing-arguments-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">acted as a foreign agent for the government of Egypt<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and abused his powerful post on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators searched his home in 2022 and found\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/witness-testimony-expected-begin-bob-menendez-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">more than a dozen gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash<\/a><\/span>, which officials say he had accepted as bribes.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/senator-bob-menendez-guilty-in-bribery-and-extortion-trial-courtroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">denied violating his public oath<\/a><\/span>, and his lawyers\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/bob-menendez-new-trial-request-rejected\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">tried to have his conviction thrown out<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/bob-menendez-requests-delayed-sentencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">his sentencing delayed<\/a><\/span>, but a federal judge denied both requests.<\/p>\n<h2>Co-defendant Daibes gets 7 years, Hana gets 8+<\/h2>\n<p>Co-defendant Fred Daibes was given a seven-year term in the morning. Daibes cried as he asked for mercy from the judge, not for himself but for his autistic son that he cares for. The judge said he understands Daibes rose from poverty and is known for helping others, but told him, &#8220;There&#8217;s a dark edge to what you have done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The government was asking for nine years, but the judge granted a variance because of Daibes&#8217; good deeds and age.<\/p>\n<p>Co-defendant Wael Hana received eight years and one month in prison. The judge called the evidence against him, &#8220;very, very substantial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors were seeking 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Daibes and Hana are required to turn themselves in to authorities on April 4.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/christina-fan\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Christina Fan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/christina-fan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img alt=\"0035-christina-fan-circle-button-1000x1000.png \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/09\/10\/6ce8940c-8610-4738-8b3a-08410b97deb3\/thumbnail\/80x80\/02867bbec60c33b2b46d0a2620468e71\/0035-christina-fan-circle-button-1000x1000.png?v=a599723035d2f104d7a2d01edbe96ef8 1x\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Christina Fan joined CBS News New York as a general assignment reporter in spring of 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bob-menendez-sentenced\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; Former New Jersey Sen. 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