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Nadine Menendez, wife of former U.S. senator Bob Menendez, sentenced to more than four years

Nadine Menendez was sentenced to 4½ years for acting as an intermediary in a bribery scheme involving cash, gold bars, and luxury items exchanged for political favors.

  • Nadine Menendez, wife of former U.S. senator Bob Menendez, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for her role in her husband's corrupt schemes.
  • Prosecutors said Nadine Menendez played a crucial role as an intermediary between her husband and businessmen who bribed him with cash and favors.
  • During a 2022 FBI raid, investigators found $480,000 in cash, gold bars worth $150,000, and a luxury convertible in the couple's home.
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Things to know about the bribery prosecution of ex-Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is already in prison. His wife is headed there next. The onetime political power couple’s criminal prosecution culminated Thursday with a judge sentencing Nadine Menendez to 4½ years behind bars. Her punishment came three months after her husband, a New Jersey Democrat, started his 11-year prison sentence. The unusual facts of the case — including gold bars, cash and a Mercedes-Benz — and breast canc…

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On Thursday, federal justice sentenced Nadine Menéndez, wife of former Democratic senator Bob Menéndez, to 54 months in prison for her role in a scheme of bribes that involved cash, gold bullion and a luxury car. The ruling comes months after a jury found her guilty of conspiring with her husband to take advantage of the political influence of the then president of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.Read more]]>

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The judge in charge of the sentence to be received by the wife of former Democratic senator Bob Menéndez took pity on his case and imposed only 54 months in prison

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Newsday broke the news in United States on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
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