The sentence, handed down in a Manhattan courtroom by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein, would make Menendez one of just several senators in history to be sent to prison.

A federal judge will sentence former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday for selling his office — an extraordinary fall even for a politician from a state as notoriously transactional as New Jersey.

WBGO's David Matthau reports former New Jersey U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison

Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery and corruption trial on ‘Special Report.’

Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to sentence the former Democratic senator from New Jersey to 15 years in prison.

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday on 16 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.

Menendez had been convicted of accepting bribes of gold bars and cash while representing New Jersey in the Senate.

Former Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a brazen bribery scheme that saw him put his political influence up for sale in exchange for stockpiles of cash,

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,

Former senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for operating what prosecutors called one of the most brazen corruption schemes in the country’s history.

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.