Prosecutors search 15-year sentence for disgraced former NJ Senator Bob Menendez after bribery conviction

Federal prosecutors say disgraced former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez must be imprisoned for 15 years after his conviction in a “long-running bribery and foreign influence scheme of rare gravity.” On Friday, prosecutors filed a 108-page briefing outlining their arguments for sentencing Menendez, in addition to Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, who have been convicted alongside the previous lawmaker.

Of their briefing, the prosecutors emphasised the seriousness and profundity of the crimes and famous their historic significance.

“As proven at trial, the defendants engaged, for years, in a corruption and foreign influence scheme of stunning brazenness, breadth, and duration, resulting in exceptionally grave abuses of power at the highest levels of the Legislative Branch of the United States Government,” prosecutors wrote.

Menendez is seen leaving Manhattan federal court docket on July 16, 2024, in New York Metropolis.  (MEGA/GC Photographs)

Prosecutors consider that Menendez must be thrown behind bars for the “egregious” crimes that they are saying confirmed “naked greed” and a “sense of entitlement to convert the public’s trust to private and personal benefit.”

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Menendez arrives on the federal courthouse in New York Metropolis on Sept. 27, 2023.  (AP Picture/Seth Wenig)

The disgraced former Democrat was accused and convicted of taking part in a yearslong bribery scheme involving the governments of Egypt and Qatar. Menendez’s spouse, Nadine, who is about to go on trial on January 21, additionally allegedly participated within the scheme. She is accused of receiving paychecks for a job that didn’t exist.

“Menendez, who swore an oath to represent the United States and the state of New Jersey, instead put his high office up for sale in exchange for this hoard of bribes,” prosecutors famous within the transient.

Menendez arrives at Manhattan federal court docket Oct. 23, 2023, in New York.  (AP Picture/Frank Franklin II)

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Menendez, who was charged in 2023, made historical past in July 2024 when he turned the primary US senator to be convicted of performing as a international agent. His conviction got here after a nine-week-long trial. The previous Democratic lawmaker was accused of accepting presents totaling greater than $100,000 in gold bars in addition to money.

His sentencing is at the moment slated to happen on Jan. 29, 2025.

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Jamie Joseph, Anders Hagstrom, and Maria Paronich contributed to this report.