Former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty on 16 federal charges last year in what prosecutors called a coordinated years-long bribery and conspiracy scheme.
The sentence capped the extraordinary downfall of a once-powerful lawmaker.
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