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.

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 begging the presiding district judge for mercy during the dramatic hearing. Menendez, who has maintained his innocence, plans to appeal the verdict.

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

Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for acting as a foreign agent of Egypt and accepting gold bars and other bribes in what prosecutors said was perhaps the worst corruption case ever involving a US senator.

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,

A judge sentenced a powerful former US senator to 11 years in prison Wednesday, after he was convicted of corruption following the discovery of gold bars and hundreds of thousands