More than seven months after her husband, former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, was sentenced to over a decade in prison for a years-long bribery and corruption scheme, Nadine Menendez was sentenced Thursday to four and a half years behind bars for her role in the conspiracy, which included selling her husband's political influence in exchange for bribes, including cash, gold, and a luxury car.
At a federal court in New York, U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein sentenced Nadine Menendez for participating in the scheme between 2018 and 2023. Prosecutors alleged she worked with her husband on a variety of corrupt dealings, including actions that benefited the Egyptian government, as reported by NBC News.
