Former New Jersey senator sentenced to 11 years for accepting bribes including gold bars and cash, and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt.

Menendez had been convicted of accepting bribes of gold bars and cash while representing New Jersey in the Senate.

The former U.S. senator from New Jersey was convicted in July of accepting bribes including gold bars, cash, and a Mercedes-Benz.

Bob Menendez was convicted last year of accepting bribes, including gold bars and a luxury car, from foreign governments.

Former New Jersey senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his involvement in a years-long corruption scheme in which he wielded his political influence to conduct favors for the Egyptian government in exchange for lavish gifts.

Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery and corruption trial on ‘Special Report.’

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.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to all of the charges against him and has vowed to appeal the conviction and sentence.

The decision capped the New Jersey lawmaker’s extraordinary downfall after a half-century political career.

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

A federal judge will sentence former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday for selling his office — an extraordinary fall even for a politician from a state as notoriously transactional as New Jersey.