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An Emotional Senator Menendez Cries and Begs for Leniency as He’s Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

‘Somewhere along the way you became, I’m sorry to say, a corrupt politician,’ the judge said.

AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
Senator Menendez speaks after being sentenced to 11 years in prison on a bribery conviction, January 29, 2025, at New York. AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
MARIE POHL
MARIE POHL

New Jersey Senator Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for bribery and acting as a foreign agent, after breaking down in tears and pleading for mercy from the presiding district judge during the dramatic hearing. 

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MARIE POHL
MARIE POHL

Marie Pohl is a published author and freelance contributor. She covers courts and arts.

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