Former US Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in a federal bribery case with Egyptian officials.

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday on 16 counts of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.

Former Senator Bob Menendez faces sentencing on corruption charges in federal court, with prosecutors seeking a 15-year sentence and the defense requesting leniency.

This process is political and is corrupted to its core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system,” Menendez declared.

MANHATTAN (CN) — Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison on convictions for accepting bribes and corruptly acting as an agent for the benefit of foreign interests, including the Egyptian government and the Qatari royal family.

Prosecutors argued Menendez’s “conduct may be the most serious for which a U.S. Senator has been convicted in the history of the Republic.”

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his conviction in a scheme that brought him gold bars, cash and a car and what his lawyer says is a new nickname: "gold bar Bob.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty on 16 counts in the corruption trial connected with acting as a foreign agent.

Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) was sentenced to 11 years in prison yesterday for bribery and acting as an unregistered agent of Egypt, among other charges. He resigned in August after being found guilty on 16 felony counts.

A federal judge sentenced former Sen. Bob Menendez to 11 years in prison Wednesday for his role in a sweeping criminal case.

Just after receiving a hefty prison sentence, former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) called the prosecution against him a “political witch hunt,” before praising President Donald Trump as “right” to attack the Justice Department as politically biased.