{"id":2448323,"date":"2025-06-17T11:15:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-menendez-turns-himself-in-to-federal-prison-for-11-year-sentence-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:16:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:16:40","slug":"bob-menendez-turns-himself-in-to-federal-prison-for-11-year-sentence-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-menendez-turns-himself-in-to-federal-prison-for-11-year-sentence-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Menendez turns himself in to federal prison for 11-year sentence &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbob-menendez-turns-himself-in-to-federal-prison-for-11-year-sentence-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former new Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has begun serving an 11-year federal prison sentence after being convicted on multiple charges,including bribery and corruption. He was found guilty on all 16 counts related to extortion, obstruction of justice, and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt. Menendez accepted significant bribes from three New <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-menendez-indicted-democratic-new-jersey-senator-faces-federal-charges-of-alleged-bribery\/\" title=\"Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey indicted on federal charges for alleged ....\">jersey businessmen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including luxury gifts<\/a> such as a Mercedes-Benz convertible, in exchange for political favors. His wife, Nadine Menendez, also faces charges but her sentencing date has been delayed due to health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez&#8217;s conviction marks him as teh first sitting congressman to be found guilty of acting as a foreign agent. He reported to a federal facility in Pennsylvania and has sought a pardon from former President Donald Trump, comparing his legal troubles to those faced by Trump. Menendez argues that his case is politically motivated, echoing claims made by Trump regarding the prosecution processes he experienced.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bob Menendez turns himself in to federal prison for 11-year sentence<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1711138\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former New Jersey Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-menendez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bob Menendez<\/a> turned himself in to federal prison on Tuesday for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3304805\/bob-menendez-sentenced-corruption-bribery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">11-year sentence <\/a>after he was found guilty on bribery and corruption charges.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Menendez was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3085035\/bob-menendez-guilty-on-all-counts-bribery-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">found guilty<\/a> on all 16 counts, including extortion, obstruction of justice, acting as a foreign agent for Egypt, bribery, and conspiracy. He had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes from three once-prominent New Jersey businessmen &mdash; &nbsp;Wael Hana, Fred Daibes, and Jose Uribe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3444170\/ilhan-omar-tammy-baldwin-mark-pocan-minnesota-assassination-boelters-hit-list\/\">Ilhan Omar, Tammy Baldwin, Mark Pocan among dozens of Democrats on Minnesota assassination suspect&#8217;s list<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3444114\/american-bar-association-sues-trump-threatening-independence\/\">American Bar Association sues Trump administration for threatening its independence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3443767\/judge-orders-nih-grants-restored-dei\/\">Judge orders NIH to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-nih-to-restore-grants-agency-terminated-based-on-dei\/\" title=\"Judge orders NIH to restore grants agency terminated based on DEI\">restore grants agency terminated based<\/a> on DEI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He was the first sitting member of Congress to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent. Menendez had been chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez, 71, reported to federal prison in Pennsylvania to begin serving his sentence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Robert Menendez is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania,&rdquo; a US Bureau of Prisons official said according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, Nadine Menendez, was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3386810\/bob-menendez-wife-nadine-menendez-convicted-corruption-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">found guilty<\/a> in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nadine-menendez-convicted-in-corruption-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... ... in ... case - Washington Examiner\">federal bribery trial<\/a>. Her sentencing date is in June. She was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/us-senator-robert-menendez-his-wife-and-three-new-jersey-businessmen-charged-bribery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">indicted<\/a> alongside her husband in September 2023 on bribery charges, but her trial was delayed due to her breast cancer treatment. Prosecutors said that Nadine Menendez had introduced her husband to Egyptian intelligence and military officials and that those introductions established the corrupt agreement between his Senate office and Egyptian leaders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hana and Daibes reported to prison last month. Uribe pleaded guilty, testifying that he bribed Menendez by giving his wife a $60,000 Mercedes-Benz convertible on the condition that Menendez would &ldquo;stop and kill&rdquo; any criminal investigation looking into his company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Menendez has been attempting to plead with the Trump White House for a pardon. Earlier this year, Menendez appealed to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), his friend from the Senate and a Trump ally, to request a pardon or sentence commutation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/former-democratic-sen-bob-menendez-still-pushing-trump-pardon-reportin-rcna209982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>The former senator has also compared his conviction to that of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s, in which Trump was found guilty on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-charged-with-34-felony-counts-will-get-special-treatment-report\/\" title=\"... Charged With 34 Felony Counts, Will Get Special Treatment: Report\">34 felony counts related<\/a> to his falsification of business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to pornographic film star Stormy Daniels in an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3351244\/bob-menendez-trump-delay-wife-nadine-menendez-corruption-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BOB MENENDEZ ASKS FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S HELP IN EFFORT TO DELAY WIFE&rsquo;S CORRUPTION TRIAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Menendez has also made his case to Trump on social media, saying he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorMenendez\/status\/1929590510617812992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">understands<\/a> &ldquo;why President Trump believes the Justice Department was Weaponized against him and his supporters,&rdquo; and claiming that the Justice Department under former President Barack Obama was &ldquo;used against me, not only over Iran, but also about Cuba policy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Welcome to the Southern District of New York, the Wild West of political prosecutions,&rdquo; Menendez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorMenendez\/status\/1884751873598525764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in another post shortly after his sentencing. &ldquo;President Trump is right. 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