New York – Wife of a former U.S. Senator. Bob Menendez She was sentenced for selling her husband’s cash and gold bar bribes for her conviction.
Nadine Menendez58, conspired with her husband and had conspired with her husband in various corrupt plans after conspiring to commit crimes with her husband, some involved in assisting the Egyptian government.
Shortly after the hearing began Thursday, Judge Sidney H. Stein said he planned to sentence her to prison “roughly below” the scope of federal sentencing guidelines for about 20 years. The probation department recommends eight years in prison.
Prosecutors said she played an important and critical role in her husband’s crimes, acting as an intermediary between the senator and three New Jersey businessmen who actually lined up his coat pockets and paid tens of thousands of dollars in cash in exchange for his political sphere.
Prosecutors asked her to stay for at least seven years.
Her lawyer seeks leniency, saying she should not spend more than one year in prison after doing good deeds and recent health problems.
In a 2022 FBI raid on the couple’s New Jersey home, investigators found $480,000 in cash, an estimated $150,000 worth of gold bars and a luxury convertible in the garage.
Bob Menendez71, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery, extortion and acting as an agent of the Egyptian government after being convicted last year.
Prosecutors said the senator met with Egyptian intelligence officials and accelerated the country’s access to U.S. military aid as part of a complex effort to help his bribery colleagues, one of whom had a commercial lawsuit with the Egyptian government, said.
Nadine Menendez The reason she was tried alone was because she was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly before the trial. She was convicted in April.
