A federal jury in New York found Nadine Menendez, the wife of disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez, guilty Monday on 15 charges in a wide-ranging corruption case that also resulted in her husband’s conviction last year.
The judge set a June 12 sentencing hearing for Nadine Menendez. Her husband, the New Jersey Democrat and former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was sentenced to 11 years in prison in the case earlier this year.
Matthew Podolsky, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement described Nadine and Bob Menendez as “partners in crime,” saying Nadine Menendez agreed to accept bribes in the form of gold bars, cash and a vehicle.
