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U.S.: Ex-senator Bob Menendez sentenced in corruption and bribery case
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1/30/2025
A federal court in New York sentenced Wednesday former senator Bob Menendez to 11 years in prison after a bribery and corruption case
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A federal court in New York sentenced Wednesday former Senator Bob Menendez to 11 years in
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prison after a bribery and corruption case.
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The deliberations took just over 12 hours over the course of three days after Menendez
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and two other defendants were convicted on all counts against them last July.
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Prosecutors have asked the federal judge to give the Democrat 15 years behind bars for
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crimes that included acting as an agent of the Egyptian government and selling his once
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considerable clothes in Washington for gold bars, a luxury car and hundreds of thousands
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of dollars in cash bribes.
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The court had also given seven and eight years in prison sentences to two New Jersey businessmen
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who were convicted of paying bribes to Menendez.
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The former senator has been seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump after he was unable
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to get one from former President Joe Biden.
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Former Senator Bob Menendez managed to beat the Hispanic with the highest ranking position
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in the United States Senate and was always a strong advocate for keeping the illegal
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sanctions against Cuba and Venezuela.
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In 2014, together with then Senator Marco Rubio, he introduced a bill to extend for
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three years more the illegal sanctions against Venezuela.
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According to Menendez, the blockades should be maintained since, in his opinion, any attempt
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to lift them would empower governments that do not respond to the interests of the United
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States government, even if such actions may violate international law.
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