Federal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison sentence for former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), arguing that his crimes constitute a “long-running bribery and foreign influence scheme of rare gravity.” The sentencing recommendation was filed on Jan. 9 in Manhattan federal court.
“The Court should impose substantial sentences of imprisonment ... and significant financial penalties to provide just punishment for this extraordinary abuse of power and betrayal of the public trust, and to deter others from ever engaging in similar conduct,” prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memo.
