Former Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez faces a possible 15-year prison sentence after prosecutors called for severe penalties following his conviction on bribery and foreign agent charges.

Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years for a “grave abuse of his power,” after the New Jersey Democrat became the first person to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first U.

Federal prosecutors are pushing for a 15-year sentence for former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez following his bribery conviction, emphasizing the severity of his offenses that involved abusing his position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and acting as a foreign agent.