The title for this text is New York, U.S.- A judge has sentenced Robert Menendez, a former US senator and powerful Democrat from New Jersey, to 11 years in prison for corruption. The charges followed the discovery of gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash at his home.

New York, U.S.- A judge has sentenced Robert Menendez, a former US senator and powerful Democrat from New Jersey, to 11 years in prison for corruption. The charges followed the discovery of gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash at his home. Menendez was convicted of federal charges of extortion, obstruction of justice, and accepting bribes to perform favors for businessmen with connections to Egypt and Qatar.Menendez had served as chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He vowed to appeal the verdict handed down in July 2021. Ahead of the sentencing, the court received letters from acquaintances testifying to his character. Menendez's attorney Adam Fee said that despite his decades of service, he is now known more widely as "Gold Bar Bob."The counts on which Menendez was convicted after less than three days of jury deliberations included conspiracy to commit bribery and acting as a foreign agent while a public official. The businessmen he helped were Egyptian-American Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, a real estate developer. They were both sentenced to jail terms.Prosecutors had sought a jail term of 15 years while Menendez's defense sought no more than eight years behind bars. Prosecutor Danielle Sassoon said in a statement that "the sentences imposed today result from an egregious abuse of power at the highest levels."

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