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US prosecutors have demanded that former US Senator Bob Menendez be jailed for 15 years after being convicted of bribery.
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Prosecutors said the Democratic senator from New Jersey was the first person convicted of abusing a leadership position on a Senate committee and the first public official convicted of acting as a foreign agent.
In documents filed in federal court in Manhattan, prosecutors asked for a lengthy prison sentence for the 71-year-old Menendez when he is sentenced on January 29.
Menendez was reportedly convicted in July of 16 corruption-related charges after FBI agents during a 2022 raid on his residence found $150,000 in gold bullion and $480,000 in cash, which prosecutors claimed were bribes. three New Jersey businessmen paid most of them. … Senators use their power to protect their interests and facilitate their profits.
When he was indicted in the fall of 2023, Menendez was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He had to leave that job in 2023 and resigned from his seat in the Senate in August.