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

Mendez said Trump was "right" about the legal process he went through being "corrupt" in comments outside of the courthouse.

Mr. Menendez, a powerful longtime senator from New Jersey, was convicted last year on federal bribery and corruption charges.

Menendez was sentenced along with two co-conspirators for trading his political influence for gold bars and other goods.

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will be sentenced today on 16 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and obstruction of ...

Bob Menendez, 71, was found guilty on all 16 counts in his federal trial, becoming the first sitting member of Congress to be ...

The sentence, handed down in a Manhattan courtroom by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein, would make Menendez one of just ...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his conviction in a scheme that brought him gold ...

While reporters waited outside the Manhattan courthouse waiting for word on ex-Sen. Bob Menendez and his co-conspirators' ...

Prosecutors had recommended 15 years, which his lawyers called "a life and death sentence" for the 71-year-old New Jersey ...

Former senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for operating what prosecutors called one of the most brazen ...

Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison for taking bribes including gold bars in ...